Mughal Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art
1,225–1,260 of 1,397 works · most celebrated first
A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed “khuuchir” and a lotus
Text, Folio 20 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Birth of Mahavira, folio 40 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra
Madhava faces a man holding a scale, folio 1 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala
The Birth of Krishna, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court of the Raja, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)
The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
Ascetic Princess with Snakes in a Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find his slave-girl on board, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
Text, folio 60 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The wife of the son of the vizier brings the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for the replica, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 63 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The handmaiden appeals for justice and the prince is taken to the execution site for the fourth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Husain Ali Khan Entertaining His Brothers (The Sayyid Brothers)
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala with the Dream Interpreters, Folio 25 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two brothers who ask him to equitably partition their father’s possession, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
Text, Folio 10 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History
The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
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The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana
Text, folio 12 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 13 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 18 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
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
Text, Folio 4 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 27 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night
Mahliqa, Daughter of the Emperor of China, Pointing at the Bird-Man Khwaja Mubarak: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (verso); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)