Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories), Shravana — Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories), 1598–1600

Shravana

Active 1550s–c. 1600 · South Asian painting · 3 works

Shravana was an Indian painter whose work for Akbar’s court spans some forty years. About 1560 he painted pages of the Tales of a Parrot; on one, the Cleveland Museum of Art notes, he added a pink brick wall for depth. In 1598 to 1600 he painted Akbar’s ancestor Timur for a Zafar-nama, or Book of Victories.

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3 works · 1555–1600

The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Nightc. 1560
The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Nightc. 1560
Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories)1598–1600

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Artist information: Cleveland Museum of Art (The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama, The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama, Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama).

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