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The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): 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
Painting only: 5.7 x 10.1 cm (2 1/4 x 4 in.); Overall: 20 x 13.9 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.56.b
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The prince’s execution is prevented by the king’s viziers, who recount a series of moralizing stories.

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Embarrassed and angry that the prince rejected her advances, and worried that he will tell the king of her misconduct, the handmaiden preempts him by falsely accuses the prince of assaulting her. Since he has taken a vow of silence, he does not defend himself, so the king orders the prince to be beheaded.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting on paper depicts ten rows of black calligraphy above an illustration. On a pinkish ground, two men, one holding a sword, stand beside a smaller figure in orange trousers. Centrally, a man in an orange robe sits on a blue and gold throne, gesturing towards a woman in a patterned dress within a white architectural doorway on the right. All figures have medium skin tones.

The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

c. 1560

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

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