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The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to life, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night
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Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.146.b
Location
not on view
Fun Fact
The stain above the painting is from the acidic green pigment used to paint a tree on the reverse.
Description
After the sudden, apparent death of the pious man’s daughter, her three suitors take her body from its grave. One of the suitors, a doctor, realizes that the woman is not dead and proposes flailing her to restore her consciousness. After she is successfully revived, the men resume their rivalry.