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Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper (569)
Ravana’s sister Shurpanakha complains that Lakshmana cut off her nose...
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, possibly Rajput Kingdom of Mandi, court of Sidh Sen (reigned 1684–1727)
2018.107CCCC0
Sugriva challenges his brother Vali, King of the Forest Dwellers, to a...
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Nurpur, Court of Dayadhata (reigned 1700–1735)
1973.103CCCC0
Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh
1968.108CCCC0
Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and feeds him blood-covered...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh
1968.108.aCCCC0
Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh
1968.108.bCCCC0
Tiered Court Scene
Chitarman II (Indian, c. 1680–с. 1750)
1973.237CCCC0
The birth of Rama and his brothers, from Chapter 17 of the Bala Kanda ...
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Court of Aniruddh Chand (reigned 1823–33)
1953.13CCCC0
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279CCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.7.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.7.bCCCC0
Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises her not to be unfaithful to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.8.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.9.aCCCC0
The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.10.bCCCC0
The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.16.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.16.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.17.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.18.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.19.aCCCC0
The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.20.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.22.aCCCC0
The goldsmith judged; the bear cubs trained by the carpenter as though...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.23.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.25.aCCCC0
The mendicant’s wife deceives him with a soldier, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.26.bCCCC0
The soldier receives a garland of roses from his wife which will remain...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.27.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.27.bCCCC0
The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.29.aCCCC0
The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince’s feet...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.30.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.33.aCCCC0
The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.33.bCCCC0
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.35.aCCCC0
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Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.35.bCCCC0
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.36.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.37.aCCCC0
Seven men disputing possession of a woman bring her before the Tree of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.42.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.43.aCCCC0
The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.44.bCCCC0
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.45.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.45.bCCCC0
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.46.aCCCC0
The king of Bahilistan offers his daughter to the King of Kings, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.46.bCCCC0
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.47.bCCCC0
The daughter of the king of the jinns bows before the King of Kings who...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.49.bCCCC0
The rejuvenated old man and the daughter of the king of the jinns take...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.50.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighth Night, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.51.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.52.aCCCC0
The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his...
Banavari 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.52.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.53.aCCCC0
The young prince is presented to the king, his father, by his teacher,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.54.bCCCC0
The king’s handmaiden takes the prince away to the harem, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.55.aCCCC0
The prince rejects the amorous advances of the king’s handmaiden, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.55.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.56.aCCCC0
The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.56.bCCCC0
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot):...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.57.bCCCC0
A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.58.aCCCC0
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot),...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.59.aCCCC0
The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.59.bCCCC0
The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.61.bCCCC0
The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.62.aCCCC0
The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.62.bCCCC0
The handmaiden appeals for justice and the prince is taken to the...
Tara 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.63.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.65.bCCCC0
The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the...
Ghulam 'Ali (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.66.aCCCC0
The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.68.aCCCC0
The deceitful wife persuades her husband to sleep in the same place...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.68.bCCCC0
The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.70.aCCCC0
The husband berates his wife for purchasing gravel instead of sugar,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.70.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.73.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.77.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night,...
Banavari 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.87.aCCCC0
The Brahman’s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.89.aCCCC0
The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.89.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.90.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.91.bCCCC0
The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court...
Ghulam 'Ali (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.92.aCCCC0
The Brahman, unable to select from the four gifts of the king of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.93.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.96.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.96.bCCCC0
The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.97.aCCCC0
King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertain the whereabouts of the pearl...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.97.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.99.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.101.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.103.aCCCC0
The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.105.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.108.aCCCC0
The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.108.bCCCC0
The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.110.bCCCC0
The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.114.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.115.aCCCC0
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.119.bCCCC0
The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.120.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.120.bCCCC0
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.121.aCCCC0
The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.122.bCCCC0
The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.125.bCCCC0
The young man, who has magically taken on the appearance of Mansur the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.128.aCCCC0
The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.128.bCCCC0
The false Mansur punished before the judge and expelled from the city,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.129.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.130.bCCCC0
The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.131.bCCCC0
Nikfal, the fortune of the prince in the form of a woman, offers to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.132.aCCCC0
The prince, having deprived the snake of its natural food, a frog, feeds...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.132.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.133.bCCCC0
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis who are the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.134.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.135.aCCCC0
The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.135.bCCCC0
Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.136.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.138.aCCCC0
The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.140.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.140.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.143.aCCCC0
Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotee’s...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.144.bCCCC0
The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.146.aCCCC0
The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.146.bCCCC0
The three suitors again begin to quarrel among themselves for the hand...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.147.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.147.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.149.aCCCC0
The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.150.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.151.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.151.bCCCC0
The wolf and the jackal, serving as viziers, instigate the lion who...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.152.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-second...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.154.aCCCC0
The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.155.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.158.aCCCC0
As punishment, the jester’s wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.158.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.159.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.160.aCCCC0
The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.161.aCCCC0
The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.161.bCCCC0
Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.163.aCCCC0
The forty wives and their secret paramours being punished by stoning to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.164.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-Fourth...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.165.bCCCC0
Bashir confides his love for Habbaza to an Arab friend, and sends him to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.167.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.168.aCCCC0
Habbaza meets Bashir under a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot):...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.168.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.169.aCCCC0
The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.169.bCCCC0
Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.170.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-fifth Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.171.bCCCC0
Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.174.bCCCC0
The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.175.bCCCC0
The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.177.aCCCC0
In order to falsely implicate her husband, Hamnaz places a knife by his...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.177.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.178.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.179.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.179.bCCCC0
The dethroned frog Shapur seeks the help of the serpent, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.182.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.183.aCCCC0
The snake enters into an argument with the frog, from a Tuti-nama (Tales...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.183.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.185.aCCCC0
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.185.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.188.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.191.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.192.aCCCC0
The monkey, serving as the lion’s chamberlain, converses with the lynx...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.193.aCCCC0
The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.194.bCCCC0
The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.196.aCCCC0
The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.197.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirtieth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.198.aCCCC0
A woman with two children, having abandoned her home, goes into the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.200.bCCCC0
The woman conversing with her children, as the leopard returns, egged on...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.202.aCCCC0
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India, Mughal court, 16th century
1962.279.203.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.203.bCCCC0
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud,...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.207.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-second...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.208.aCCCC0
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.209.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.210.aCCCC0
Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.211.aCCCC0
Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.213.bCCCC0
The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.215.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.216.aCCCC0
Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.216.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.217.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.217.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.218.bCCCC0
Preparation for the marriage of Mahmuda to the Young Vizier, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.219.bCCCC0
Hearing her declaration of love, Ayaz falls at the feet of Mahmuda at...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.221.aCCCC0
Salim and Salima return to Ayaz and Mahmuda in the sanctuary, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.222.aCCCC0
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.222.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.223.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.224.bCCCC0
The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.225.aCCCC0
The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.226.aCCCC0
The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.227.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.228.bCCCC0
The princess discovers the dead bodies, with heads severed, of her...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.229.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.231.aCCCC0
The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.231.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.232.aCCCC0
The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.232.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.233.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.233.bCCCC0
The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.234.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.234.bCCCC0
The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.236.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.236.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.237.aCCCC0
The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.239.bCCCC0
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.240.bCCCC0
The king of Zabul sees Mahrusa from his palace balcony, from a Tuti-nama...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.241.aCCCC0
Mahrusa kills herself at the tomb of the king of Zabul, and her husband...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.242.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-seventh...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.243.aCCCC0
The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.245.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.246.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.246.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.248.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.251.aCCCC0
The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.254.bCCCC0
The painting made by the vizier of the emperor of China for the queen of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.256.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.257.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.258.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.259.aCCCC0
Shahr-Arai and her lover dallying on a bed beneath which is concealed...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.259.bCCCC0
Shahr-Arai’s husband bends to kiss his wife who feigns sleep, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.261.bCCCC0
Shahr-Arai and her husband adopt her lover as a brother in the family,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.262.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.263.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.264.bCCCC0
The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.267.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.268.aCCCC0
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.268.bCCCC0
The merchant of Tirmiz takes the wise parrot and myna to ‘Ubaid, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.269.bCCCC0
The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.271.aCCCC0
The Raja’s daughter and her lover stoned to death for adultery, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.272.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.274.bCCCC0
Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.275.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.276.aCCCC0
The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.278.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.279.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.282.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-fourth night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.282.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.285.aCCCC0
The Emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.287.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.290.bCCCC0
The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot):...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.291.bCCCC0
The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.292.bCCCC0
The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.293.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-seventh...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.300.bCCCC0
The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.301.bCCCC0
The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.302.bCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.305.aCCCC0
The bag of gold which he received for the slave girl being stolen in a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.306.aCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.307.aCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad reveals his true identity to the Hashimi, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.308.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.309.bCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad reunited with his slave-girl, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.310.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-ninth night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.311.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.313.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page (blank)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.313.bCCCC0
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.315.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fiftieth night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.316.aCCCC0
The king’s emissary being provided with gifts for his mission to Rum in...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.317.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.318.aCCCC0
The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.318.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.321.aCCCC0
The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.321.bCCCC0
The king places the talisman on his sleeping wife, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.323.aCCCC0
The guard restores the son who falls at his mother’s feet, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.323.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-first night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.324.bCCCC0
Khulasa, a vizier, sees the daughter of Khassa, another vizier, and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.325.bCCCC0
King Bahram, who has married Khassa’s daughter, has her tied to a camel...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.328.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.328.bCCCC0
Khusrau, the King of Kings, pays homage to the pious daughter of Khassa,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.329.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.330.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-second night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.332.bCCCC0
The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.333.bCCCC0
The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.335.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.336.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.336.bCCCC0
The son of the pious man slays the dragon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.337.bCCCC0
The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.338.aCCCC0
The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.339.aCCCC0
The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.340.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.340.bCCCC0
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in the forest
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Court of Aniruddh Chand (reigned 1823–1833)
1989.332CCCC0
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1967.244CCCC0
Maru Ragini, from Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber or Southwestern India, Deccan
2018.168CCCC0
Shah Jahan
Hashim (Indian, active 1598-c.1650)
1920.1969CCCC0
Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Court of Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710)
2018.142CCCC0
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at...
Central India, Malwa Region, Madhya Pradesh
2018.129CCCC0
Royal Elephant Ramkali with a Mahout
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Mewar, Udaipur, Court of Ari Singh (reigned 1761-73)
2005.202CCCC0
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
1947.502CCCC0
Calligraphy
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
1947.502.bCCCC0
Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1971.77CCCC0
Rooster
India, Mughal, 17th century
1944.501CCCC0
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (reigned 1605–27)
1945.171CCCC0
Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Kota, court of Ram Singh II (reigned 1826–66)
1991.168CCCC0
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1976.74CCCC0
Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
1971.83CCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Prince and Ascetics
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1971.79CCCC0
Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145CCCC0
Text, folio 1 (verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.1.bCCCC0
Mary ascends the stairs to the temple, folio 9 (recto), from a Mirror of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.9.aCCCC0
The Flowering of Joseph's Rod, folio 11 (verso), from a Mirror of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.11.bCCCC0
The Annunciation, folio 15 (recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.15.aCCCC0
Mary and Joseph Travel to Bethlehem, folio 24 (verso), from a Mirror of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.24.bCCCC0
The Place of Jesus’s birth, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.25.bCCCC0
The Adoration of the Shepherds, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.30.aCCCC0
The Adoration of the Magi, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period
2005.145.36.bCCCC0
Simeon Kneels in Front of Mary and Jesus After Recognizing Them, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.40.aCCCC0
John the Baptist recognizes Christ by the appearance of a dove, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.50.bCCCC0
Angels bring food to Jesus in the wilderness, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.55.aCCCC0
The Marriage at Cana, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.58.bCCCC0
Moses praying to end the serpents’ attack on the Israelites, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.63.bCCCC0
Jesus Heals the Nobleman's Son in Capernaum, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.70.aCCCC0
A raven brings food to Elijah, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.72.aCCCC0
Jesus being awakened during a tempest on the Sea of Galilee, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.77.aCCCC0
Jesus raises Jairus's daughter from the dead, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.82.bCCCC0
Jesus in the Tun Mountains near Nazareth where he chooses twelve of his...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.87.bCCCC0
Mary Magdalene presents ointment to Jesus, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.102.bCCCC0
Salome Receiving John the Baptist's Head on a Platter, from a Mirror of...
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period
2005.145.112.bCCCC0
Jesus writes on the ground, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.130.bCCCC0
Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter, from a Mir’at al-quds of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.143.aCCCC0
The Entry into Jerusalem, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.156.aCCCC0
The Flagellation, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.182.aCCCC0
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) and 1 other
2013.347CCCC0
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.347.aCCCC0
Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325–1389) ...
Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi (Persian, active mid- to late 1500s)
2013.347.bCCCC0
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349CCCC0
Court lady singing and playing the vina (recto)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349.aCCCC0
Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349.bCCCC0
Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)
Mughal India, probably Lucknow
2013.348.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 2 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.2.aCCCC0
The Fourteen Dreams of the Brahman Woman Devananda, Folio 3 (recto),...
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.3.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 6 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.6.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 7 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.7.bCCCC0
Text,  Folio 9 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.9.aCCCC0
Indra Commands Harinaigameshin to Transfer the Embryo of Mahavira, Folio...
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.9.bCCCC0
Text, folio 12 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.12.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 22 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.22.aCCCC0
King Siddhartha's Morning Bath, Folio 22 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.22.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 23 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.23.aCCCC0
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala Sit Alone to Discuss Her Dreams,...
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.24.aCCCC0
Text, folio 24 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.24.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 25 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.25.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 28 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.28.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 29 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.29.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 31 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.31.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 35 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.35.aCCCC0
Mahavira Gives Away his Possessions, Folio 35 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.35.bCCCC0
Mahavira Rides in His Initiation Palanquin, Folio 36 (recto), from a...
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.36.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 36 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.36.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.37.aCCCC0
Mahavira's Initiation Tonsure, Folio 37 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.37.bCCCC0
Birth of Parshva, Folio 45 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, late 15th-early 16th century
1932.119.45.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 45 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, late 15th-early 16th century
1932.119.45.bCCCC0
Parshva Undergoes Physical Trials, Folio 46 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, late 15th-early 16th century
1932.119.46.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 46 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, late 15th-early 16th century
1932.119.46.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 48 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.48.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 50 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.50.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 51 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.51.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 54 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.54.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 57 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.57.aCCCC0
Text, folio 60 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.60.aCCCC0
Text, folio 61 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.61.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 61 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119.61.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 68 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.68.aCCCC0
Text, Folio 74 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.74.bCCCC0
Text, Folio 75 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
1932.119.75.aCCCC0
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and...
Lal (Indian, active c. 1555–1600) and 2 others
2013.304CCCC0
Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window
Aqil Khan (Indian, active mid-1700s)
1955.297CCCC0
Madhu Madhavi Ragini
Central India, Malwa
1925.1336CCCC0
Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting
India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 18th century
1939.164CCCC0
A prince riding a composite elephant
India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century
2013.282CCCC0
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.332CCCC0
Ladies Shooting from a Pavilion
India, Rajasthan, Kota school, 19th century
1955.48CCCC0
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of...
Haidar Kashmiri (Indian, active late 1500s-early 1600s)
2013.314CCCC0
Rao Ram Singh I’s Elephant Gone Amok
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
2018.177CCCC0
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1932.36CCCC0
Radha’s Confidante Brings Her to Krishna, Based on Poetry of Bihari ...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur
2018.172CCCC0
Krishna and the Cowherds Dive into the River, from a Rasikapriya
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
2018.126CCCC0
Maharana Sangram Singh II (r. 1710–34) Worshipping a Linga Under a...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
2018.144CCCC0
Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
Northern India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner
2018.189CCCC0
Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734–51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
2018.146CCCC0
Krishna and Consort on a Palace Balcony with Musicians: Vukharo...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
2018.179CCCC0
Gaudi Ragini
India, Rajasthan, probably Jaipur, 18th century
1968.109CCCC0
Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
2018.176CCCC0
Prince Shreyamsa dreams of the coming of Rishabha, from a...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber
2021.12CCCC0
Eight Lines of Musical Poetry of the Jajner Nauras (Rag Bhairav) of...
Southwestern India, Karnataka, Bijapur, 17th century
2013.330.bCCCC0
Devi Attacking a Demon
India, Rajasthan, Possibly Sirohi, 17th century
1968.72CCCC0
Manuscript of the Jambudvipa-prajnapti-sutra (Description of Jambudvipa)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Mandore
25.2014©
Transfer of the Embryo, folio 13 from a Kalpa-sutra (recto)
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur
17.2014.a©
Transfer of the Embryo (verso)
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur
17.2014.b©
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna...
Bilal Habshi (probably Ethiopian, active late 1500s)
2013.305CCCC0
Portrait of a Woman
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
1987.1110CCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323CCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323.aCCCC0
Page from the Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)
Abd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam (Indian, active c. 1590–1630)
2013.323.bCCCC0
An African Lyre Player (recto)
India, Deccan, 17th century
2013.289.aCCCC0
Calligraphy (verso)
India, Deccan, 17th century
2013.289.bCCCC0
Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto): Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental...
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153CCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto)
India, Mughal court, reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658), Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153.aCCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental...
India, Mughal court, reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658), Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153.bCCCC0
Maharaja of Kotah Listening to Music and Watching Dancers
India, Kotah school, early 19th Century
2008.297CCCC0
Manuscript of the Prashnavyakarana-sutra
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Mandore
26.2014©
Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.303CCCC0
Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili
Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.303.bCCCC0
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318CCCC0
An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318.aCCCC0
An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318.bCCCC0
Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in India, 1555–1580)
2013.295CCCC0
Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
1960.45CCCC0
Kanhra Ragini
India, Rajasthan, Amber, early 18th Century
1960.46CCCC0
Title, DateArtist / CultureAccession numberMediumDimensionsCredit lineRights
Ravana’s sister Shurpanakha complains that Lakshmana cut off her nose...
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, possibly Rajput Kingdom of Mandi, court of Sidh Sen (reigned 1684–1727)
2018.107Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 21.6 x 31.8 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.); Image: 18.4 x 28.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Sugriva challenges his brother Vali, King of the Forest Dwellers, to a...
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Nurpur, Court of Dayadhata (reigned 1700–1735)
1973.103Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 16.4 x 26.8 cm (6 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Page: 20.7 x 31 cm (8 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.); with mat: 36.3 x 49 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh
1968.108Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperRecto Image: 13.4 x 14.9 cm (5 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); Verso image: 14.9 x 14.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.); Page: 28.8 x 20 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)James Parmelee and Cornelia Blakemore Warner FundsCCCC0
Tiered Court Scene
Chitarman II (Indian, c. 1680–с. 1750)
1973.237Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 54.6 x 39 cm (21 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.); Image: 40.1 x 29.1 cm (15 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael de HavenonCCCC0
The birth of Rama and his brothers, from Chapter 17 of the Bala Kanda ...
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Court of Aniruddh Chand (reigned 1823–33)
1953.13Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 25.1 x 34 cm (9 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.); Page: 29.9 x 38.5 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)Gift of Mrs. A. Dean PerryCCCC0
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in the forest
Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Court of Aniruddh Chand (reigned 1823–1833)
1989.332Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 21.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.); with borders: 23.9 x 17.3 cm (9 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.)Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. MillikinCCCC0
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1967.244gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.8 x 26.3 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)Severance and Greta Millikin CollectionCCCC0
Maru Ragini, from Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber or Southwestern India, Deccan
2018.168Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperMiniature: 26 x 17.6 cm (10 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Shah Jahan
Hashim (Indian, active 1598-c.1650)
1920.1969Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 5.4 x 3.7 cm (2 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama ...
Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605)
1971.76gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 22.9 x 12.1 cm (9 x 4 3/4 in.); Sheet with border: 34.7 x 22.5 cm (13 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Hunting with falcons in a landscape; Verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai...
Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600)
2013.292Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 35.7 x 24.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.); Painting: 21.5 x 13 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Court of Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710)
2018.142gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 20 x 38.2 cm (7 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at...
Central India, Malwa Region, Madhya Pradesh
2018.129gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 18.1 x 15.6 cm (7 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Royal Elephant Ramkali with a Mahout
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Mewar, Udaipur, Court of Ari Singh (reigned 1761-73)
2005.202gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 20.6 x 21.4 cm (8 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Sheet with border: 24.1 x 25 cm (9 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)Gift of Dr. Norman ZaworskiCCCC0
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
1947.502Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 34 x 20 cm (13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.5 x 25 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1971.77Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 31.2 x 18.6 cm (12 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.); Overall: 36.5 x 23.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Rooster
India, Mughal, 17th century
1944.501Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 18.3 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Overall: 37.3 x 25.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 in.)Gift of Herbert F. LeisyCCCC0
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (reigned 1605–27)
1945.171Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 12.4 x 11 cm (4 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Overall: 34.6 x 22.9 cm (13 5/8 x 9 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Tiger Hunt of Ram Singh II
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput kingdom of Kota, court of Ram Singh II (reigned 1826–66)
1991.168Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 25.3 x 49.1 cm (9 15/16 x 19 5/16 in.); with mat: 40.6 x 53.2 cm (16 x 20 15/16 in.)Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Dr. Norman ZaworskiCCCC0
Grotesque Dancers Performing
Mughal India
1971.88gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 16 x 9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1976.74Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton and paperPage: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.)Gift of George P. BickfordCCCC0
Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
1971.83Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 19 x 12.5 cm (7 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Prince and Ascetics
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1971.79Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 20.3 x 14.3 cm (8 x 5 5/8 in.); Sheet with border: 37.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.14524 full size illustrations with 160 folios of text; gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperJohn L. Severance FundCCCC0
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) and 1 other
2013.347Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPainting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm...
India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century
1964.52Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 38 x 22.4 cm (14 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.)James Parmelee FundCCCC0
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Folio 40 from a Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto); Birth of Mahavira (verso)
Western India, Gujarat
1976.27gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 9.4 x 28.4 cm (3 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)Gift of Dr. Norman ZaworskiCCCC0
A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape
Khem Karan (Indian)
2013.310Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 33 x 22.2 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto); Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)
Mughal India, probably Lucknow
2013.348Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 30.6 x 25 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)
Banavari 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
2003.38Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 35.2 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)Alma Kroeger FundCCCC0
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
2013.296Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 32.7 x 21.1 cm (12 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.); Painting: 13.6 x 7.5 cm (5 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures
Western India, Gujarat
1932.119Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto...
India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
2013.342Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet)...
Sanwalah (Indian, active c. 1580–1600)
2013.301Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 24.9 x 16.8 cm (9 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.); Painting: 18.6 x 16.2 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and...
Lal (Indian, active c. 1555–1600) and 2 others
2013.304Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 38.4 x 25.2 cm (15 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Painting: 33.3 x 21.1 cm (13 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a...
Shravana (Indian)
2012.301Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperSheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); Image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)Gift of Dr. Norman ZaworskiCCCC0
A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy ...
India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
2013.341Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperMiniature: 25.4 x 19.7 cm (10 x 7 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window
Aqil Khan (Indian, active mid-1700s)
1955.297Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 12.5 x 7.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Overall: 44 x 31.6 cm (17 5/16 x 12 7/16 in.)Gift of George P. BickfordCCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Persian Calligraphy framed by an...
Mir 'Ali
1977.207Gum tempera, gold, and ink on paperOverall: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp LeisyCCCC0
Sacrificial Fire, from the "Tula Ram" Bhagavata Purana
1990.40Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 25.4 x 21.5 cm (10 x 8 7/16 in.)Gift of John D. ProctorCCCC0
Madhu Madhavi Ragini
Central India, Malwa
1925.1336Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 19.1 x 14.6 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting
India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 18th century
1939.164Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 40.5 x 28 cm (15 15/16 x 11 in.); Average: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial CollectionCCCC0
A prince riding a composite elephant
India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century
2013.282Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 28.8 x 18.6 cm (11 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.); Painting: 14.5 x 11 cm (5 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.332Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Husain Ali Khan Entertaining His Brothers (The Sayyid Brothers)
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
2013.334Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 30.8 x 30.5 cm (12 1/8 x 12 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Ladies Shooting from a Pavilion
India, Rajasthan, Kota school, 19th century
1955.48Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperSheet: 34.3 x 27.3 cm (13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.); Sheet with border: 38.1 x 31.1 cm (15 x 12 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of...
Haidar Kashmiri (Indian, active late 1500s-early 1600s)
2013.314Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 36.7 x 24.4 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.1Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.1.aGum tempera, ink, and gold on paperText area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); Page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Page from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.1.bGum tempera, ink, and gold on paperText area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); Page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian,...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.2Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.2.aGum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 30.2 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian,...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.2.bGum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 30.2 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto);...
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.329Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace ...
India, Mughal, 18th century
2013.335Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 30.5 x 24.1 cm (12 x 9 1/2 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Rao Ram Singh I’s Elephant Gone Amok
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
2018.177gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 20 x 41.6 cm (7 7/8 x 16 3/8 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1932.36Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 41 x 22.6 cm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Radha’s Confidante Brings Her to Krishna, Based on Poetry of Bihari ...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur
2018.172Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 28.3 x 39.4 cm (11 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.); Miniature: 21.6 x 31.4 cm (8 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, from a Persian translation of the...
Southern India, Deccan
2006.203gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperSheet: 32.3 x 24.1 cm (12 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.); Image: 23.5 x 18 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)Gift of Eugene and Joan Savitt in memory of Dr. and Mrs. E.K. Zaworski, her grandparentsCCCC0
Krishna and the Cowherds Dive into the River, from a Rasikapriya
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
2018.126gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 20.6 x 17.8 cm (8 1/8 x 7 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
The Birth of Krishna, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
India, Rajasthan, Mewar school
1984.65Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 33.6 x 22.2 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.); Overall: 37 x 25.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial FundCCCC0
Maharana Sangram Singh II (r. 1710–34) Worshipping a Linga Under a...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
2018.144Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 24.8 x 18.1 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.); Miniature: 23.2 x 16.8 cm (9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana
Northern India
1971.171Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 16.5 x 22.2 cm (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. HaasCCCC0
Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
2018.132gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 22.9 x 16.2 cm (9 x 6 3/8 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Abduction of Rukmini: Krishna Tied the Hands of Rukma, from a Bhagavata...
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
2018.127Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 16.9 x 20 cm (6 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.); Miniature: 14 x 17.8 cm (5 1/2 x 7 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
Northern India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner
2018.189gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 14.6 x 19.4 cm (5 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.); Miniature: 11.2 x 16.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
The Goddess Annihilates the Demon Raktabija, from a Devi-Mahatmya
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
2018.128gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 16.2 x 25.7 cm (6 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
2018.131gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734–51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
2018.146gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Krishna and Consort on a Palace Balcony with Musicians: Vukharo...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
2018.179gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paperPage: 32.7 x 23.8 cm (12 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.); Miniature: 18.8 x 12.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Gaudi Ragini
India, Rajasthan, probably Jaipur, 18th century
1968.109Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 25.5 x 19 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Overall: 30.7 x 23.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical CollectionCCCC0
Woman Longing for Her Lover: Verati Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
2018.176gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paperPage: 30.2 x 24.2 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Miniature: 21 x 11.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Prince Shreyamsa dreams of the coming of Rishabha, from a...
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber
2021.12Gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper26.7 x 42.5 cm (10 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.)Jo Hershey Selden FundCCCC0
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from...
Fazl (Indian, active early 1600s)
2013.321Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 36.7 x 24 cm (14 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Mahliqa, Daughter of the Emperor of China, Pointing at the Bird-Man...
Mughal India
2013.336Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 42.2 x 28.5 cm (16 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword ...
India, Mughal court, 17th century
2013.330Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 30.4 x 18.5 cm (11 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Devi Attacking a Demon
India, Rajasthan, Possibly Sirohi, 17th century
1968.72Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 12.5 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 12.5 x 27.5 cm (4 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)Gift of George P. BickfordCCCC0
Manuscript of the Jambudvipa-prajnapti-sutra (Description of Jambudvipa)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Mandore
25.2014Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 12.3 x 30.6 cm (4 13/16 x 12 1/16 in.)On Loan from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection©
Folio 13 from a Kalpa-sutra: Transfer of the Embryo (recto); Transfer of...
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur
17.2014Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperSheet: 11.7 x 29.5 cm (4 5/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Matted: 38.1 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in.)On Loan from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection©
Two Elephants Fighting in a Courtyard Before Muhammad Shah
Nainsukh (Indian, 1710–1778)
2005.1Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 62.5 x 42 cm (24 5/8 x 16 9/16 in.)John L. Severance FundCCCC0
A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance...
Mughal India
2013.337Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna...
Bilal Habshi (probably Ethiopian, active late 1500s)
2013.305Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 29.8 x 16.8 cm (11 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A Prince Visiting a Holy Man in a Rocky Landscape (recto)
India, Mughal, 16th century
2013.302.aGum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 34 x 20.7 cm (13 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme (verso)
India, Mughal, 16th century
2013.302.bGum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 34 x 20.7 cm (13 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of a Woman
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
1987.1110Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 16.2 x 8.3 cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Paper: 41.6 x 27 cm (16 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass, Jr. CCCC0
Seated Jina Rishabha Enshrined, from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-Sutra
Western India, Gujarat
1983.1047Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPaper: 11.1 x 25.9 cm (4 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. WardCCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, text on versoPage: 17.8 x 12.5 cm (7 x 4 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
India, Deccan, 17th century
2013.289Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto): Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental...
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 37.8 x 27.6 cm (14 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.); Painting only: 19.4 x 14.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alton W. WhitehouseCCCC0
Maharaja of Kotah Listening to Music and Watching Dancers
India, Kotah school, early 19th Century
2008.297Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 33.3 x 25.3 cm (13 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.2 cm (13 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)Gift of Norman ZaworskiCCCC0
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings)...
India, Bijapur, Deccan
2013.283Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 20.3 x 12 cm (8 x 4 3/4 in.); Page: 20.5 x 12.4 cm (8 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Manuscript of the Prashnavyakarana-sutra
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Mandore
26.2014Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 12.3 x 30.6 cm (4 13/16 x 12 1/16 in.)On Loan from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection©
Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.303Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Painting: 24 x 12 cm (9 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 33.7 x 21.9 cm (13 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.); Text field: 21.2 x 11 cm (8 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in India, 1555–1580)
2013.295Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with cream borders decorated with gold flowers and geometric motifsGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
1960.45Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 41.5 x 28.5 cm (16 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Overall: 50 x 32.5 cm (19 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.)Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCCCC0
Folio 146 from the “Devasano Pada Bhandar” Kalpa-sutra: Celestial...
Western India, Gujarat, possibly Patan
18.2014Gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paperSheet: 11.2 x 26 cm (4 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Matted: 38.1 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in.)On Loan from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection©
Kanhra Ragini
India, Rajasthan, Amber, early 18th Century
1960.46Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 29.6 x 18.4 cm (11 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCCCC0
Krishna as the Destroyer of Demons, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c...
India, Rajasthan, Mewar school
1984.172Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 36.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/8 x 10 in.)Gift of Dr. Norman ZaworskiCCCC0
A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of...
Yusuf Ali (Indian, active early 1600s)
2013.322Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 43.5 x 28.3 cm (17 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A Traveler Persuades Lorik to Return Home (top); Chanda Objects (bottom)...
Sultanate India
1981.55gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 19.7 x 14 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Overall: 25.5 x 20 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)Gift of D. J. R. Ushikubo, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, and Bequest of James Parmelee by exchangeCCCC0
Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.326Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0