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The three suitors again begin to quarrel among 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: 7.8 x 10 cm (3 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.147.a
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When the daughter joins the temple, she will shave her head and don woolen clothing.

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After working together to revive the woman from her death-like illness, the three suitors resume their rivalry. The men brawl in the courtyard while she looks on from her chamber. Horrified by the behavior of her suitors, she renounces worldly matters, joins a temple, and devotes herself to serving god.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting features boxed Persian script above a narrative scene depicting people with light skin tones. At bottom left, against a yellow field, three figures in red, blue, and green robes stand together; one man raises a stick while the others grasp arms. To the right, a woman in a red-spotted skirt sits inside a pavilion adorned with floral patterns, raising a hand to her face.

The three suitors again begin to quarrel among 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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