id: 137893 accession number: 1962.279.44.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.44.b updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:55.219000 The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh 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: 14 x 9.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.44.b title: The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh 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: 14 x 9.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Indian Minature 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 245): November 2, 2015 - April 4, 2016.', 'opening_date': '2015-11-02T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD date: ?–1959 footnotes: *