The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
1560
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1560
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A woman in a pink robe stands in a garden, listening to a green parrot perched on a branch. The scene glows with tiny gold details—flowers, vines, even the parrot’s feathers. This painting comes from a book of stories told by a clever parrot to delay his owner’s secret meetings. The tales were meant to entertain Emperor Akbar’s court, where artists blended Persian and Indian styles. To see more art from this time, look up Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605).
