A page from a Punishment series: Punishment for murder, c. 1740. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.); miniature: 27.3 x 17.5 cm (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.). Themes of punishments of hell were popular in Rajasthani ateliers, and several courts commissioned paintings depicting infernal cruelty. The dark-skinned punisher pulls a royal figure from his terrace with chains and is about to smite him with his baton. A ferocious tiger can be seen ripping another man with his claws.

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A page from a Punishment series: Punishment for murder, c. 1740. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.); miniature: 27.3 x 17.5 cm (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.). Themes of punishments of hell were popular in Rajasthani ateliers, and several courts commissioned paintings depicting infernal cruelty. The dark-skinned punisher pulls a royal figure from his terrace with chains and is about to smite him with his baton. A ferocious tiger can be seen ripping another man with his claws.

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