A man hurling stones at a mango tree.
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Not on view at present
Where is “A man hurling stones at a mango tree.” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the painting
In this painting a nobleman is shown dislodging fruit from a mango tree by throwing stones at it. The style of the painting locates the scene in the former principality of Bundi in Rajasthan in north-west India. It was probably made for a local nobleman or ruler by artists local to the area.
Although mango trees grow wild in the jungles of India, this must be a cultivated specimen since the fruit of the wild tree is inedible. The original word for mango in the Tamil language was ‘man-kay’, which was adapted by Portuguese settlers in India into ‘manga’ and eventually by the British into the familiar mango.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- IS.245-1952
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
