Hunting Scene

Unknown

late 16th century · Ink and watercolor on paper · Islamic Art

In the 1570s and '80s the vogue for albums made up of single–page paintings and drawings and calligraphies developed. Hunting scenes such as this one excerpted figural groupings and other details from manuscript illustrations which would have contained numerous figures and animals. In addition to painting the rocks in shades of shades of grey, blue and brown wash, the artist has included red drips denoting the blood of the goat into which the cheetah has dug its claws. The absence of a bow in the hunter's hands suggests that the drawing was not completed.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 16th century

Medium

Ink and watercolor on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935