A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Also known as: Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighth night: A woman asks her lover to leaver her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived

About the Artwork

A shrewd woman is carrying on an affair with a painter. When her husband suddenly returns home, she quickly concocts a plan to prevent them both from being caught. Hidden beneath the table is the painter’s young apprentice who, unbeknownst to the painter, was also seduced by the woman.

Inscriptions

kār guj[r]āt[ī]

Provenance

?–1959: Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD 1959–1962?: (Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA) 1959?–1962: (Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry) 1962–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Quick Overview

Artist: Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
Date: c. 1560
Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.); Painting only: 16.7 x 10 cm (6 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Accession no.: 1962.279.58.a

More by Gujarati in museum collections

The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the place of execution for the third time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009866
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Eighth Night
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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009885
The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a second time on the plea of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
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c. 1560 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009886

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.