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The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan · c. 1560

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Palette

Putty
51% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

Iron
21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1

Warm grey
18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

Terracotta
6% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.7:1

Brick
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.8:1

Sienna
1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Basawan
Indian, active mid-1500s
Date: c. 1560
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size: Painting only: 10.3 x 10.6 cm (4 1/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Place: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period: 16th century
Themes: Night and moonlight · Birds
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 17

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Artist died 1636: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1707. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules