The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night, Dasavanta — The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night, c. 1560

Dasavanta

Died 1584 · South Asian painting · 3 works

Dasavanta, also written Daswanth, was a mural painter whom the emperor Akbar discovered and had trained in his royal workshop. His name is written on pages of the Tales of a Parrot of about 1560, among the earliest paintings of Akbar’s reign, and he rose to be one of the Mughal court’s most celebrated Indian painters. He died in 1584.

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3 works · c. 1560

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)c. 1560
The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Nightc. 1560
The wounded monkey bites the hand of the prince, his chessmate, in the presence of guests, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Nightc. 1560

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Artist information: Cleveland Museum of Art (The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama, The wounded monkey bites the hand of the prince, from a Tuti-nama, The Cleveland Museum of Art Presents: Art and Stories from Mughal India).

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