The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
c. 1560
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night, c. 1560. India, Mughal court, 16th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 11.2 x 10.1 cm (4 7/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.99.b The highly decorative way of painting trees did not continue into later Mughal painting traditions.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- 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: 11.2 x 10.1 cm (4 7/16 x 4 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1962.279.99.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- The Adventures of Hamza, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (3/6/2003 - 6/8/2003) and Museum Reitberg, Zurich, Germany (6/28/2003 - 10/20/2003): "The Adventures of Hamza", exh. cat. no. 12, pp. 70-71.<br><br>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245): April 28, 2015 - November 2, 2015.
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- CC0
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