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The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

c. 1560

The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0

Basawan

Material / technique
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Attribution / role
Collection / source
The Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork notes

Artist-wide context

He arranged many figures into readable stories, working within Akbar’s collaborative painting workshop.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Fine brushes, ink, gum tempera and gold suit small, closely viewed pages.

Marks and structure

Gesture and overlapping landscape help organise crowded stories.

Palette and light

Careful colour distribution separates incidents without breaking the page into unrelated pieces.

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