The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
c. 1560
Banavari 2
Banavari 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Banavari 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 7.7 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.); overall: 20.1 x 13.6 cm (7 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.87.a Two painters named Banavari are known to have been active during the Akbar period.
- Maker/Artist
- Banavari 2
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 7.7 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 20.1 x 13.6 cm (7 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: banwārī Translation: (by) Banavari
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1962.279.87.a
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- Animal Fables of India (Indian art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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