This painting is based on the Rudyard Kipling story "Kaa's Hunting", collected in The Jungle Book.
The painting depicts Mowgli in the Cold Lairs, an abandoned human city taken over by the Bandar-Log (Monkey Folk). The monkeys have promised to make Mowgli their leader, claiming that as a human raised by animals he can demonstrate his human wisdom to them. Soon, however, he learns that they only consider him an amusing toy and are already growing bored with him.
The author died in 1934, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.