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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
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Elephants fighting

  • loan

  • Description

    Elephant fights were regular entertainments at the major Rajput courts, and their dramatic combats were often recorded by court artists. This pair of tussling elephants, barely controlled by their mahouts, derives from earlier Mughal models as well as palace wall-paintings at Bundi. But this unnamed master’s extraordinary linear energy and dramatic distortions of anatomical form continued to influence Kota artists for a century or more.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan › south Rajasthan › Kota (place of creation)
    Date
    1655 - 1660
    Associated people
    possibly Jagat Singh, Maharao of Kota (ruled 1657 - 1684) (subject)
    probably Jagat Singh, Maharao of Kota (ruled 1657 - 1684) (commissioner)
    Material and technique
    brush drawing with gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 48.5 x 83.5 x 2.7 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 34.2 x 69 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › drawing,
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.62

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 80 on p. 190, pp. 15, 19, 184, 194, & 196, illus. pp. 191-193

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