The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
1560
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1560
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A man in torn clothes kneels in front of a woman at a shrine. She wears fine robes and holds a book. Around them, people pray under arches and trees. This scene is from a story told by a parrot to keep its owner from leaving home. The man tried to kill his wife for her money, but now he’s broke and begging. She forgives him—though the painting doesn’t say why. Look up *Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)* to see more of these tiny, detailed story paintings.
