id:			137521
accession number:	1962.279.175.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.175.b
updated:		2021-01-05 10:01:51.898000

The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); painting only: 13.2 x 10.1 cm (5 3/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.175.b

title:				The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth 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:	India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century
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: Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 13.2 x 10.1 cm (5 3/16 x 4 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI;
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact: 
A woman places a garland on a cenotaph, probably marking the grave of a Sufi holy man.

digital description: 
In the center of the image, a surprised Mukhtar, dressed in rags, confronts his wife. A few days prior, he had attempted to kill her in order to steal all of her possessions. Now destitute, Mukhtar begs for his wife’s forgiveness, which she grants.

wall description: 

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.175.b/1962.279.175.b_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.175.b/1962.279.175.b_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.175.b/1962.279.175.b_full.tif