id: 137646 accession number: 1962.279.234.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.234.a updated: 2020-11-04 20:50:30.289000 Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-fifth night: The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her, c. 1560. Mughal India, reign of Akbar (1556–1605). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.234.a title: Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-fifth night: The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her 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, reign of Akbar (1556–1605) technique: Opaque watercolor, 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018 opening date: 2018-04-02T04:00:00 Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 2-November 18, 2018). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI; date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The Brahman in the form of a woman spent many blissful days with his lover, the princess of Babylon, in the palace harem, until one day the king’s son caught sight of a beauty from a rooftop, who was actually the Brahman in the form of a woman, washing her hair. He instantly fell in love with her and began to pursue her. When the king’s daughter discovered that her brother had fallen for her lover she became distraught. She is shown here gesturing with alarm. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.234.a/1962.279.234.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.234.a/1962.279.234.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.234.a/1962.279.234.a_full.tif