Curated palette
Crimson artworks
1,201–1,248 of 16,729 crimson works · most celebrated first
The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Women Worshipping a Shiva Linga: Devagandhari Ragini of Hindol, from a Chamba Ragamala
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Reaping
Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Shahr-Arai and her husband adopt her lover as a brother in the family, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
The young prince is presented to the king, his father, by his teacher, but refuses to speak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
On Bos’n’s Hill
Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar (r. 1828–38) Holding a Falcon
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
Courtesan
An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (verso)
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
A Lady with Attendant and a Pair of Deer: Probably Gujari Ragini of Dipak, from a Pahari Ragamala
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-Fourth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Devagandhara Ragini: An Ascetic in Retreat, from the Ragamala Series
The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is united with the princess he has seen in the temple, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom
Mary Fairlie Cooper
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
Parvati Placing a Wedding Garland on Shiva (recto), from a Kalighat album
The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Tiger Family
Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)
Vishnu and Lakshmi
Diagrams of the Universe: The Two-and-a-Half Continents, the Universe in the Shape of a Person, and the Seven Levels of Hell
The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Kalighat Painting
Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (r. 1778–1828) with a Consort
The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with her anklet while she is in bed with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Prajnaparamita flanked by a white female figure and a white bodhisattva, folio 90 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Maid bringing a hookah to a lady (recto), from a Kalighat album
The painting made by the vizier of the emperor of China for the queen of Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants
Hanuman with Rama and Lakshmana on his shoulders, from a Kalighat album
The dethroned frog Shapur seeks the help of the serpent, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenth-sixth Night
The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The Sand-Carrying Festival (Sunamochi Matsuri)
The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
King and Queen in Zenana: Sandehi Ragini, Wife of Bhairava, from the “Second Basohli Ragamala"
The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Game of Bowls