Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is the equestrian portrait of Aniruddha Singh by artist Tulchi Ram. Which artistic accomplishment does it epitomise?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Conveyance of speed and motion
Option (1) Mastery of detailed background rendering — Incorrect. The artist did the opposite with the ground. He completely negated the rendering of the foreground, so the ground is not visible.
Option (2) Skillful use of muted colours — Incorrect. The commentary on this portrait says nothing about its colours; its praise is for the horse in motion.
Option (3) Turning a narrative into a still portrait — Incorrect. This reverses the line on such paintings. They turn still portraits into narratives, not the other way round.
Option (4) Conveyance of speed and motion — Correct. The portrait shows the artist’s perception of speed and a horse in motion, galloping so high that the ground is not seen.
NCERT (2026-27): “Raja Aniruddha Singh Hara Aniruddha Singh (1682–1702) succeeded Bhao Singh. Few remarkable paintings with interesting documentary evidence have survived from his period. One of them being the much talked of equestrian portrait of Aniruddha Singh by artist Tulchi Ram painted in 1680. It epitomises an artist’s perception of speed and a horse in motion that he accomplished by completely negating the rendering of the foreground. The horse is seen galloping so high in the air that the ground is not visible. The value of such paintings is that they turn still portraits into narratives.”
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