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The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night by Lalu

The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night

Lalu · c. 1560

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Palette

Putty
 54% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1
Taupe
 29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Tan
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1
Pale gold
 5% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.8:1
Madder
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1
Burnt orange
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.9:1

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
Lalu
Indian, active mid-1500s
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size
Overall: 20.1 x 14.3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Place
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period
16th century
Themes
Night and moonlight · Birds · Trees and forests
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 20

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Made by Lalu (death year unrecorded), made by 1565: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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