Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.105

c12.105

“Deer-hunting by Night” (Plate LXV.) is another characteristic example of Indian impressionism. It is a landscape with two figures only, a man and a woman, both scantily dressed with a girdle of leaves. The man’s head is crowned with a wreath of leaves, and he is armed with bow and arrows; the woman stands behind a bush holding a lighted lantern in one hand and a small bell in the other