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The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

c. 1560

Lalu

(Indian, active mid-1500s)
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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: 10.1 x 10.3 cm (4 x 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.71.b
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The prince’s undone turban, loose hair, and bound wrists indicate his ordeal.

Description

This early Mughal court scene is the last of the series in which the handmaiden lies about how the prince raped her, and she threatens to burn herself to death if he is not executed. She is depicted in the lower right of the composition. The seventh vizier in the green robe demanded that the prince be brought to the assembly, and he is led in, bound, his turban in disarray.
A vertically oriented tempera and ink painting depicts a figure in orange robes seated upon an elevated octagonal throne. A man in a green robe gestures toward a child in yellow. Surrounding them are several figures in blue, orange, and red robes against a floral blue ground. The lower section contains five rows of black Persian script on a beige background, all enclosed within a thin gold border.

The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

c. 1560

Lalu

(Indian, active mid-1500s)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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