The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
c. 1560
Shravana
Shravana (Indian)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night, c. 1560. Shravana (Indian). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 8.9 x 10 cm (3 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.67.a Bright gold is visible in areas where the paint has flaked away.
- Maker/Artist
- Shravana
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 8.9 x 10 cm (3 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: srawan Translation: (by) Shravana
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1962.279.67.a
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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