The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of July 2026
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