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accession number: 1962.279.146.a
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The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking it open, when the physician discovers she is still alive, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night, 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.); painting only: 12.6 x 10.7 cm (4 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.146.a
title: The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking it open, when the physician discovers she is still alive, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth 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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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 12.6 x 10.7 cm (4 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.
Indian Minature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 18, 2004 -
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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 three pairs of birds in the tree and pond allude to the three suitors.
digital description:
The three suitors hold the lifeless body of the woman they intended to marry. She is wrapped in a diaphanous burial shroud, and her tomb stands empty in the background. When the suitors realize that the woman is not dead, they proceed to attempt to revive her.
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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: p. 79
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Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” Artibus Asiae 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.
page number: p. 315
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892
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