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Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised Arab in her place, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night

c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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The tents in the arid landscape evoke the Bedouin community of the Arabian Peninsula.

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