"The Rogue's Father Emerges from the Tree", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
Unknown Artist
second quarter 16th century
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Overall: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) W. 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm) Average text size: H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm) W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1981
Accession Number
1981.373.45
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite folio, titled *"The Rogue's Father Emer from the Tree"*, hails from a 16th-century manuscript ofKalila wa Dimna*, a beloved collection of animal fables adapted from ancient Indian tales like the *Panchatantra*. in the second quarter of the 16 century, likely in a Persian workshop during the Safavid era, belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of's Islamic Art department. These manuscripts were prized in royal courts for their moral lessons wrapped in clever stories of trickery, loyalty, and wisdom, often featuring anthropomorphic animals and dramatic human encounters. Rendered in in...