The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
at Cleveland Museum of Art
Daswanth
1500–1584
About
Daswanth or Dasavant was a Mughal-era painter in the service of the emperor Akbar.
Notable works
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 Night
at Cleveland Museum of Art
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
at Cleveland Museum of Art
"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Umar Defeats a Dragon
at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Works in the collection
5 works
The parrot mother cautions her young on the danger of playing with foxes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
at Cleveland Museum of Art
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 Night
at Cleveland Museum of Art
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
at Cleveland Museum of Art
"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Umar Defeats a Dragon
at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
More by Daswanth in institutions
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Innere Stadt, Austria
