Title

The Queen of Rum watches the peacock burn rather than give up its eggs as the peacock flees the nest

Caption

The Queen of Rum watches the peacock burn rather than give up its eggs as the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama, Tales of a Parrot. Tutinama, Tales of a Parrot, is a series of 52 stories in Persian dating from the 14th century, in the 16th century Mughal Emperor Agbar commissioned an illustrated version, Thirty-ninth Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, Court of Akbar (ruled 1556-1605) ., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a vo

Date

Jun 20, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER

Reference

BRK23D42_200

License type

Royalty free

Available size

37,3Mb (2,6Mb) / 9,7in x 15,0in / 2900 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

14th century 16th century alcohol alcoholic animal Asia atmospheric audience Bird bird's nest black breeding breeding ground breeding season building burn colouring contemporary courtyard dark darkness depiction depiction digital dignitary drawing drawn egg emperor fairy tale female monarch flee former historic Historic illustration history illustration image sequence India Indian indulgence food Iran landfowl landscape legend legendary medieval Middle Ages mood nature Near East nest nest nesting site night shot observation old Parrot Peafowl Persia Persian Phasianidae queen replication restoration restored rum sequence sketch story two people valley vintage watch Western Asia white wild animal woodcut