(Q57556)
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Page from an album portraying Majnūn with animals in the desert
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Miniatures (Illuminations)--India--16th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--India--16th century
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between 1590 and 1625
16. century
17. century
1590
1625
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Extent: 1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 17.4 x 10.9 cm.
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ink
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Mounted: 32.9 x 20.6 cm.
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Black ink on tan paper; bordered on top and bottom by strips of Persian text in white on illuminated background, pasted onto original picture; framed in olive green paper decorated in gold with animals and plants; entire piece mounted onto pasted board.
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Composition signed "kamtarīn Bihzād 928" [1521 or 2]; this is not the famous artist Bihzād, but a later attribution as his style was widely imitated.
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Acquired by Robert Garrett from Ali-Kuli Khan, 1925.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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