Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: Mid–18th century
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: 17.4 × 22.4 cm (6 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Origin: Lucknow
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #858540 · 40%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B7965E · 9%

Faded Damask Teal · Teal family · #5D767E · 9%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #C8A97E · 9%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #646839 · 7%

Pine Needle · Green family · #4C533E · 7%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E9DABF · 5%

Lead Type · Gray family · #878170 · 4%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #814D45 · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AE835F · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #948665 · 2%

Stormwash · Blue family · #5D6F7F · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #67746B · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3A3C30 · <1%

Slatewater Blue · Blue family · #456F83 · <1%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #CE872C · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #F9FFE7 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B1C1C4 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Everett and Ann McNear Collection

12 tags

Animals Both · 99%

The title identifies a blackbuck hunt, and the image visibly shows multiple antelope-like animals fleeing across the field.
Equestrian Both · 99%

Two riders are prominently depicted on galloping horses, and the title identifies them as a prince and princess.
Landscapes Visual · 99%

The scene is dominated by an open grassy field, a distant tree line, and a broad blue sky.
Movement Visual · 98%

Extended horse legs, leaping animals, a drawn bow, and taut reins create a clearly active sense of pursuit and motion.
Narrative Both · 95%

The image presents a recognizable mounted hunting event, which is explicitly identified by the title.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 91%

A broad outer border is filled with repeated scrolling ornament and gold-colored decoration, contrasting with the open landscape inside.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the object as a painting.
Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies opaque watercolor as part of the medium.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies paper as the support: opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

18th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to the mid-18th century, approximately 1725–1775.

Indian Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog gives Lucknow as the place of origin and identifies the work with Indian (South Asian) art.

Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 90%

The catalog lists Islamic culture or style among the work's associations.

anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/52306

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