The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Unknown Artist
c. 1560
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
20.3 × 14 cm · painting only: 9.7 × 10.1 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Accession Number
1962.279.125.b
About this artwork
Mansur, a wealthy and successful merchant, prepares to leave home on a long and dangerous journey. He sits dressed in orange at the head of his ship alongside a group of assistants. His wife, renowned for her virtue and beauty, sees him off from her second-story chamber.