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The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

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Maximum print size

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
28.7 × 43.9 cm · 11.3 × 17.3 in
Mat border, sides
5.8 cm · 2.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom
3.3 cm · 1.3 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
c. 1560
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Type
Painting
Origin
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Orientation
portrait
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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