猎虎研究 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	猎虎研究
品名（英）	Study for a Tiger Hunt
入馆年号	2019年，2019.445.4
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Sheikh Taju【印度人】
创作年份	公元 1780
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	11 3/4 x 27 5/8 英寸 (29.8 x 70.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	科塔的宫廷艺术家发展了一种独特的景观风格，其特点是对哥打地区崎岖的地形和茂密的树叶的深刻同情。这是一个严酷的景观，以树木繁茂的山丘和陡峭的岩石沟壑为主，居住着狮子、老虎、熊和野猪。在这种设定中，这些皇家猎人以不受欢迎的入侵者和捕食者的身份出现，为高贵的动物设置陷阱。在这里，我们看到一位科塔统治者，可能是马哈劳·乌梅德·辛格（Maharao Umed Singh，1771-1819 年在位），在崎岖的树木中几乎看不见，他的步枪瞄准了被后面的一排打手驱赶在射程内的老虎。这头强大的野兽似乎对这次攻击发出了威胁性的咆哮。皇家猎人和贵族野兽在致命战斗中的投掷在拉其普特宫廷文化中被视为王者勇敢和武术力量的重要表现。狩猎取代了战场，成为定义他们男子气概和统治权的舞台。这幅作品出自哥打狩猎画家谢赫·塔朱（Sheikh Taju）之手，日期相当于1780年。这项工作显然是一项研究，很可能是作为卡通被翻译成壁画的。宫廷画家被期望参加狩猎，就像他们在军事行动中一样，并记录他们的赞助人的勇敢行为。
介绍（英）	The court artists of Kota, developed a unique landscape style distinguished by a deep empathy for the rugged terrain and dense foliage of the Kota territories. This is a harsh landscape dominated by lightly wooded hills and steep rocky ravines, and populated by lions, tigers, bears, and boars. In this setting, these royal hunters appear as unwanted intruders and predators, setting traps for the noble animals whose domain this is. Here we see a Kota ruler, possibly Maharao Umed Singh (r. 1771–1819), barely visible amid the craggy trees, aiming his rifle at the tiger being driven within range by a line of beaters behind. The mighty beast appears to growl threateningly at this assault. The pitching of royal hunter and noble beast in deadly combat was seen in Rajput court culture as an important expression of kingly bravery and martial strength. The hunt came to replace the battlefield as the arena for defining their manhood and right to rule. This work is attributed to the most famed of the Kota hunt-painters, Sheikh Taju, and bears a date equivalent to 1780. This work is clearly a study, in all probability intended as a cartoon to be translated into a mural painting. Court painters were expected to participate in the hunts, as they were in military campaigns, and chronicle the brave deeds of their patrons.