Mughal Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art
1,261–1,296 of 1,397 works · most celebrated first
Krishna Under a Canopy
Celebrations of Krishna's Birth, from a Bhagavata Purana
Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine (verso)
As punishment, the jester’s wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and the emir’s wife and the mahout are trampled by an elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Twenty-second Night
The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes in its beak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night
Shahr-Arai’s husband bends to kiss his wife who feigns sleep, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
Text, Folio 39 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Krishna Awaiting Radha
Text, Folio 32 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahrusa kills herself at the tomb of the king of Zabul, and her husband does likewise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fiftieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Text, Folio 20 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 23 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala Sit Alone to Discuss Her Dreams, Folio 24 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Text, Folio 22 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Maharaja Shri Anand Singh-ji and His Consort
The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
The king’s handmaiden takes the prince away to the harem, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
A heroine waiting for her lover: Vasakasajja Nayika, from the "Nurpur" Rasikapriya
The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to sacrifice his son to the ghost of the Shah’s soul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Second Night
The emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-fifth Night
The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a magic shell to be placed on top of the turban, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
Grotesque Dancers Performing
Preparation for the marriage of Mahmuda to the Young Vizier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra: A Monk Preaching (recto); Text (verso)
The daughter of the king of the jinns bows before the King of Kings who has just undergone the ordeal of passing through the boiling oil to emerge as a youth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Krishna returns with the cowherds to Braj, from a Bhagavata Purana
Taking of the toll, Dana-Lila
Text, Folio 25 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The painting made by the vizier of the emperor of China for the queen of Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
The husband berates his wife for purchasing gravel instead of sugar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night