Mughal Painting movement — works
1,441–1,476 of 2,004 works · most celebrated first
The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a message to the Brahman, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Text, Folio 76 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 16 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 54 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The young man of Baghdad reveals his true identity to the Hashimi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-eighth Night
Text, Folio 46 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 73 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
The king of Zabul sees Mahrusa from his palace balcony, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tale XIII
Text, Folio 19 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The young prince is crowned and the wicked handmaiden is executed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Radha’s Confidante Brings Her to Krishna, based on poetry of Bihari (Indian, 1595–1663)
Folios A and B from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami
Text, Folio 56 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 40 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 56 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text page from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Kali attacking Nisumbha
The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him that the cause of his happiness is his assignation with a woman who is the jester’s own wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-second Night
Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana
Teacher with his Pupil
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night
Patamanjari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
Text, Folio 51 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Elephant of Maharana Jai Singh of Mewar (r. 1680–98) Catches a Horse by the Tail
Nanda and the elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana
A Mughal courtier
Folio 40 from a Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto); Birth of Mahavira (verso)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-Fourth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised Arab in her place, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the deed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The son of the pious man slays the dragon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night