Gallery›Cleveland Museum of Art›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
Cleveland Museum of Art
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
c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting shows features of Persian painting that transferred to India in the early Mughal court.
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