id: 137753 accession number: 1962.279.287.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.287.b updated: 2025-05-29 19:01:40.013000 The emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-fifth 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: 9.9 x 10.5 cm (3 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1962.279.287.b title: The emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-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: 242B Indian Painting 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: Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 9.9 x 10.5 cm (3 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Yoga: The Art of Transformation opening date: 2013-10-19T04:00:00 Yoga: The Art of Transformation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 22-September 7, 2014). title: Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations opening date: 2025-03-15T04:00:00 Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 2025-January 11, 2026). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD date: ?–1959 footnotes: *