id: 137868 accession number: 1962.279.340.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.340.a updated: The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his nurse upbraids his unfaithful mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second 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: 8.7 x 10 cm (3 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.340.a title: The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his nurse upbraids his unfaithful mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second 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: Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 8.7 x 10 cm (3 7/16 x 3 15/16 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 corrosive pigment used on two of the vessels in the back wall has eaten through the paper. digital description: The young man throws himself at his overjoyed father’s feet. As a boy, he was nearly killed by his treacherous mother, who hoped to please her lover. The nurse, learning of her plan, took the child and fled to safety. In the intervening years, he killed a dragon, married a princess, and became a king. The king’s success is attributed to a magical, seven-colored bird’s head, which he ate as a child. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- 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: pp. 79, 151 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.340.a/1962.279.340.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.340.a/1962.279.340.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.340.a/1962.279.340.a_full.tif