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Khojasta talking to the parrot, by Unknown, paint, 1550

Khojasta talking to the parrot

Unknown

1550

paint

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Mughal Painting Renaissance

Dominant colour

Khojasta talking to the parrot is a 1550 paint by Unknown, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Unknown
When & what style?
1550 · Mughal Painting
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This painting shows a woman, Khojasta, talking to a parrot. The story behind this painting is interesting. It's from a book called the Tuti Nama, which was written in Persian and tells stories of a parrot talking to its mistress. The painting's style and details are similar to those found in the museum where it's kept, the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

This painting is an opaque watercolor on paper depicting Khojasta, the wife of a merchant, in conversation with a parrot, illustrating a scene from the 11th night of the *Tuti-nama* (*Tales of a Parrot*), a Persian work by Ziya al-Din Nakhshabi from 1330. The folio, numbered 55, 7, and 1 in the margins, was once part of a Mughal manuscript commissioned by Emperor Akbar around 1580 before being dispersed in the early 20th century. It later passed through the hands of General Jean-François Allard in Lahore and Baron Felix Sébastien Feuillet de Conches in Paris before being acquired by the…

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Same subject

The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown

Visually similar

The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night)
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night) Unknown
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night)
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night) Unknown
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) Unknown
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night Unknown
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night Unknown

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