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Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar

(reigned 1556–1605)
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Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 9.9 x 10 cm (3 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.144.b
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Allah’s name is painted in a roundel on the wall, signaling the Muslim family’s devotion.

Description

In the foreground, three men brawl. Each was promised the hand of a religious man’s daughter, and each believed himself to be the worthiest suitor. The daughter, sitting in the chamber with her mother, is so upset by the conflict that she falls ill and appears to die. Her father, the devotee, sits in the background alongside his son.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting features five lines of Persian script above seven figures with light skin tones on a pink ground. On our left, two seated men in blue and red robes overlook two men pulling at a central person. To our right, two women sit inside a decorative room. All wear vibrant patterned garments. Small plants sprout across the background.

Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotee’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night

c. 1560

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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