Renaissance period — works
17,281–17,316 of 20,442 works · most celebrated first
Text, Folio 64 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The king’s emissary being provided with gifts for his mission to Rum in order to seek the hand of the emperor’s daughter in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World)
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): blank page
Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): First Night
Portrait of a Woman
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret
The Five Sages Terrace, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Text, Folio 21 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mountain Market, Clear with Rising Mist
Empty Arbor and Rapid Waterfall
Holy Family with a Shepherd
Text, Folio 38 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Vigil on the Sixth Night After Mahavira's Birth, Folio 33 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
European Costume Scene
St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Khulasa, a vizier, sees the daughter of Khassa, another vizier, and covets her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
Text, Folio 59 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Bamboo in Wind
The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Celestial Dancers, folio 5 (recto), from Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, from a Kalpa-sutra
King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertain the whereabouts of the pearl from the four travelling companions, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612)
Text, Folio 41 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
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 astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his thirteenth year, but one which he would be able to overcome, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and flees, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Text, Folio 36 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Fan-shaped Album Painting
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)