The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night

Indische Malerei 1560–1595, c. 1560

The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
Artist
Indische Malerei 1560–1595
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
20.3 × 14 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Indische Malerei 1560–1595