Curated palette
Umber artworks
9,265–9,312 of 113,407 umber works · most celebrated first
Perseus's Last Duty
A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Madonna and the Child with St Francis of Assisi, St John the Baptist, St Gregory the Great and St Margaret of Cortona
The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of Babylon’s daughter to his friend, the magician, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night
Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid
Winter and Spring Landscape
The Brahman, unable to select from the four gifts of the king of the Ocean seeks the Raja’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The monk returns the magic parrot to its rightful owner, the merchant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Ducks under Reeds
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Ink Bamboo
Bamboo in the Wind
Malar Ragini: Krishna Playing the Flute to Seven Gopis Holding Musical Instruments, from the Ragamala Series
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-fifth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: page from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra, with commentary by Abhayatilaka: Text (recto)
The Banquet of Ahasuerus
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The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras and absconds, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Monju as a Child (Chigo Monju)
Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra
Jain Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Royal Follower, colophon page from a Story of the Religious Teacher Kalaka (Kalakacharya-katha, verso)
Head of a Boy
Card Game at "le Père Martin"
John Childe
Pierrot in Criminal Court
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Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape
Travelers by a Lake
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Sparrows on Blossoming Plum; A Sage with Tiger; Chinese Bird on Snow-Laden Branch
Kamod Raga of the "Dipak Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series
Woman Addressing a Peacock: Gujari Ragini of Megh, from a Ragamala
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Tenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Bhairava Raga
The Bravo
Gaur and Nitai, from a Kalighat album
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
Seated African Woman
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
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