The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

c. 1560

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.

FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The highly decorative way of painting trees did not continue into later Mughal painting traditions.

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The highly decorative way of painting trees did not continue into later Mughal painting traditions.

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