Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck
1750
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
1750
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck is a 1750 watercolor by Unknown, a Baroque work, depicting Hunting, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see two royal figures on horseback chasing a blackbuck antelope across a flat, golden plain. The paper is so thin you can almost feel the brushstrokes—opaque watercolor layered like wet chalk, then dusted with real gold leaf. The gold doesn’t just glitter; it pushes the riders forward, as if the hunt is happening in sunlight you can almost hear. To see how other artists built glowing scenes with layers of paint, look up the technique called glazing.
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