id:			137372
accession number:	1962.279.105.a
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The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 14.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.); painting only: 12.4 x 10.1 cm (4 7/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.105.a

title:				The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night
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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 x 14.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.); Painting only: 12.4 x 10.1 cm (4 7/8 x 4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI;
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fun fact: 
The instruments played include a tambourine, drum, and cymbals.

digital description: 
A group of musicians play a variety of instruments in hopes of eliciting a reaction from the young prince. The prince, dressed in orange, sits up in his crib to acknowledge the sound while the other children remain asleep. His eager response to the music shows that he is a noble child who will become a great king.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.
	page number: 	pp. 79, 113
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	Nakhshabī, Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn, and Muhammed Ahmed Simsar, translator and editor. <em>Tales of a Parrot = The Cleveland Museum of Art's Ṭūṭīnāma</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1978.
	page number: 	pp. 97–101
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	Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” <em>Artibus Asiae</em> 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.
	page number: 	p. 314
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892

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