id: 137872 accession number: 1962.279.35.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.35.a updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:55.103000 The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night, c. 1560. Attributed to Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); painting only: 10.6 x 10.2 cm (4 3/16 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.35.a title: The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): 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: 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 * Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); Painting only: 10.6 x 10.2 cm (4 3/16 x 4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00 Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009). title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.', 'opening_date': '2003-08-13T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Indian Minature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 18, 2004 -', 'opening_date': '2004-08-18T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD date: ?–1959 footnotes: *