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The young man of Baghdad reunited with his slave-girl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth 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: 10.7 x 10.1 cm (4 3/16 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.310.a
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After the young man was left behind by his merchant ship, his lover, the slave girl, believed that he was dead. She erected a monument in his honor and donned black clothes of mourning, yet fate brought them together again. Here, the two lovers embrace in front of the young man’s empty grave.
A vertically oriented gum tempera painting features five lines of black script above a vibrant landscape. Below, two figures in blue and reddish-brown robes embrace in the foreground. To their left, a reddish domed structure sits on a white platform. Spindly trees with orange leaves and pink floral daubs rise against rolling green hills. Stylized forms and layered details define the scene, with pops of color contrasting against the aged paper.

The young man of Baghdad reunited with his slave-girl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night

c. 1560

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

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