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Crimson artworks
1,105–1,152 of 16,729 crimson works · most celebrated first
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night
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Kanhra Ragini
The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a tree where four thieves disguised as fellow travelers deprive him of a priceless pearl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the physician’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Nineteenth Night
Parivati Placing a Wedding Garland on Shiva (verso)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh Night, form a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking it open, when the physician discovers she is still alive, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
A King Making Love in the Harem
The three suitors again begin to quarrel among themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
Café Wepler
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
European Costume Scene
Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent
Transfer of the Embryo of Mahavira, from a Kalpa-sutra
The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja who has just sent away his wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-third Night
The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
King Bikramaditya Summons Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night
The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her nose when she kisses him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Winter and Summer Flowers
Maharaja Shri Anand Singh-ji and His Consort
Yasoda Holding Krishna and Radha
Judge in Red Robe
Set of Four Painted Characters
Sleeping Gypsy
Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Portrait Jewel of Emperor Jahangir
Ferry-boat
Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar (r. 1761–73) with His Consort on a Terrace
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Moonlit Landscape
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-second Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The husband berates his wife for purchasing gravel instead of sugar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction
A European Woman Pouring Wine into a Cup
The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda
Yasoda Churning Butter (verso), from a Kalighat album
Descent of the Ganges
A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History
The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night
Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Raj Singh II of Mewar (r. 1755–62)
Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures: Folio 60, text (recto); Sthulabhadra as a Lion (verso)
Devi Enshrined and Holding the Tongue of a Demon