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A Rampaging Elephant (Recto), Female Figure (Verso)circa 1675

Not on view
Indian manuscript painting, a gray elephant in full stride collides with a rearing brown horse, with two riders and a crouching figure below, against a golden-yellow background

Unknown, A Rampaging Elephant (Recto), Female Figure (Verso), circa 1675, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
A Rampaging Elephant (Recto), Female Figure (Verso)
Place Made
India, Rajasthan, Ajmer
Date Made
circa 1675
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (26.35 x 20.63 cm); Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (28.89 x 23.17 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.77.19.18
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.