id: 137361 accession number: 1962.279.10.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.10.b updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:52.376000 The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 16.3 x 10.3 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/16 in.); overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.10.b title: The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1560 creation date earliest: 1555 creation date latest: 1565 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Painting only: 16.3 x 10.3 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.', 'opening_date': '2003-08-13T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Indian Minature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 18, 2004 -', 'opening_date': '2004-08-18T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD date: ?–1959 footnotes: *