Mughal Painting movement — works
1,621–1,656 of 2,004 works · most celebrated first
Text, Folio 5 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Shahr-Arai and her lover dallying on a bed beneath which is concealed her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
Text, Folio 34 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 50 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 28 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh Night, form a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)
Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and sucking the poison from the king’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Text, Folio 55 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 26 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 9 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Text, Folio 48 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq)
The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the fifth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala
Text, Folio 15 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Descent of the Ganges
The merchant’s daughter meets the gardener, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 34 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 17 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince
Lovers and beloveds: A composite of scenes from Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of its food by a bird, as it unsuccessfully attempts to catch a fish, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)
Text, Folio 58 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
God Shiva in His Ferocious Aspect as Mahakala Dancing
The Raja’s daughter and her lover stoned to death for adultery, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Second Night
Bhima’s consultation with the astrologer, from a Nala-Damayanti
The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty in a mirror, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-sixth Night
Text, Folio 67 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Women worshiping a Shiva linga: Devagandhari Ragini of Hindol Raga, from a Ragamala
Text, Folio 2 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)