id: 137986 accession number: 1962.279.87.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.279.87.a updated: 2020-12-05 10:00:42.833000 The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), c. 1560. Banavari 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting only: 7.7 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.); overall: 20.1 x 13.6 cm (7 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.87.a title: The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) 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: India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century technique: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Banavari 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s) - artist --- measurements: Painting only: 7.7 x 10.1 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 20.1 x 13.6 cm (7 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: banwārī translation: remark: --- 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: Two painters named Banavari are known to have been active during the Akbar period. digital description: On the eleventh of fifty-two nights, Tuti the talking parrot tells Khujasta the story lavish wedding of the Raja’s son. The scene takes place at night, as indicated by the dark sky and bright crescent moon in the upper right corner. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.87.a/1962.279.87.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.87.a/1962.279.87.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.279.87.a/1962.279.87.a_full.tif