The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night

The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

1555 - 1565 Painting

1962.279.150.a

Cleveland Museum of Art

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