id: 137357
accession number: 1962.279
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Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279
title: Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
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creation date: c. 1560
creation date earliest: 1555
creation date latest: 1565
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creditline: Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Painting
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measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1963)
opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
title: Art of Mughal India
opening date: 1964-01-15T05:00:00
Art of Mughal India. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (January 15, 1964-March 25, 1963).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting
opening date: 1976-11-09T05:00:00
The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 19, 1976); The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (January 12-February 27, 1977).
title: A Cleveland Bestiary
opening date: 1981-10-15T04:00:00
A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00
Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD
date: ?–1959
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Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (May 16, 1881–September 26, 1958) was an American diplomat and politician, who served in the administrations of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Long is largely remembered for his obstructionist role as the Assistant Secretary of State responsible for granting refugee visas during World War II.
His interests included the collection of antiques, paintings and American ship models. He maintained a stable of Thoroughbred race horses and was a director of the Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, and he enjoyed fox hunting, fishing, and sailing.
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(Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA)
date: 1959–1962?
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(Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry)
date: 1959?–1962
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1962–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 236
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n260
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 236
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n260
Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 303
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n323
Nakhshabī, Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn, and Muhammed Ahmed Simsar, translator and editor. Tales of a Parrot = The Cleveland Museum of Art's Ṭūṭīnāma. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1978.
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Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” Artibus Asiae 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.
page number: pp. 283-318
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892
Natif, Mika. Mughal Occidentalism: Artistic Encounters between Europe and Asia at the Courts of India, 1580-1630. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 164, n. 14
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Alexander, Jane. "The New CMA Website, Part 2.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 63, no. 4 (2023): 12-13.
page number: Reproduced: P. 12.
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