id: 137564 accession number: 1962.279.196.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.196.a updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:53.460000 The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 9.9 x 10 cm (3 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.); overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.196.a title: The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth 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: 9.9 x 10 cm (3 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.); Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 4 - August 5, 2003.', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 20 - August 18, 2004.', 'opening_date': '2004-02-20T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B): April 6, 2016 -', 'opening_date': '2016-04-06T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD date: ?–1959 footnotes: *