id:			137929
accession number:	1962.279.60.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.60.b
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The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night, c. 1560. Tara 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 14.8 x 10.3 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/16 in.); overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.60.b

title:				The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth 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:			

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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: 

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CREATORS

* Tara 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)  - artist

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measurements: Painting only: 14.8 x 10.3 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Overall: 20 x 13.6 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	tārā
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Breckenridge Long, Bowie, MD, 1959; Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA; Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, WI;
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact: 
Both the brothel madam and one of the customers in the courtyard bite the index finger in a gesture of surprise.

digital description: 
A merchant’s wife carries on affairs while her husband is away. On the journey home, the merchant buys a woman’s company for the night. His own wife answers the call. When the merchant’s identity is revealed, the wife attacks him in order to distract from her own indiscretions. Townspeople surrounding the merchant’s chamber look on at the sound of the assault.

wall description: 

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<div><!--block-->Chandra, Pramod, and Daniel J. Ehnbom. The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.&nbsp;</div>
	page number: 	p. 100
	url:		

	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: 	p. 100
	url:		

	McCloskey, Robert. More Homer Price: From Centerburg Tales. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1963.
	page number: 	Trans. pp. 55–68
	url:		

	Seyller, John. “Overpainting in the Cleveland T̤ūtīnāma.” <em>Artibus Asiae</em> 52, no. 3/4 (1992): 283-318.
	page number: 	p. 311
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249892

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