Renaissance at the Cleveland Museum of Art
1,189–1,224 of 3,420 works · most celebrated first
A Hundred Birds and the Three Friends
Text, Folio 57 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kalpa-sutra manuscript with 24 illuminations
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Nemi Enthroned, Folio 54 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
Text, Folio 10 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the golden images plan to desert the city for lack of worshippers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night
The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Panel from a Cassone: The Race of the Palio in the Streets of Florence
Birth of Parshva, Folio 45 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Crucifixion
Cloud-Climbing Pavilion, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 53 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Manjushri
The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Fish
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Landscape with Saint John the Baptist
Kingfisher Perched above a Stream
Portrait of a Woman
Virgin and Child
Garden for Solitary Enjoyment
Squirrel on a Pine Branch
Winter Landscape
Text, Folio 76 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Portrait of a Young Man
The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 41 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)