This cheetah was painted in c. 1780 in Calcutta by Shaikh Zain Ud-Din ‘and has long been recognised as one of his masterpieces’ (Catalogue). Cf. also the excellent article in Apollo here.
This cheetah was painted in c. 1780 in Calcutta by Shaikh Zain Ud-Din ‘and has long been recognised as one of his masterpieces’ (Catalogue). Cf. also the excellent article in Apollo here.