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The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

c. 1560

Shravana

(Indian, active 1550s–c.1600)
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Culture
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.); Painting only: 8.9 x 10 cm (3 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.67.a
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Bright gold is visible in areas where the paint has flaked away.

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In order to convince the king that he should not have the prince executed solely on the basis of the handmaiden's accusation, the king's seven viziers each tell a story about the actions of a deceitful woman. This painting depicts the opening scene of the story told by the fifth of seven viziers. An adulterous wife has surreptitiously climbed down from her room to caress a man on the street, whom she wants to take as a lover. In the margin of the painting on this page is an inscription written in Persian identifying the name of the artist Shravana.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and gold painting on paper depicts a woman in an orange outfit climbing a red ladder. To our right, a man in a blue tunic holds a bow and arrow. Behind them, white pavilions and a green tree stand under a dark blue sky. Figures have light skin tones. Below the illustration, rows of black script are handwritten. Flaking gold highlights the figures and patterned ground.

The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

c. 1560

Shravana

(Indian, active 1550s–c.1600)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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