Young man seated with a book (recto), and young man playing a tar (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

İsim	Young man seated with a book (recto), and young man playing a tar (verso), folio from an Ottoman album
Basım Tarihi:	c. 1620
Tür	Belge
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	415 mm x 270 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	T 439.12
Lokasyon	Turkish collection
Tarih	c. 1620
Notlar	Young man seated with a book (recto), and young man playing a tar (verso), folio from an Ottoman album. Across Iran, India and Turkey, from the sixteenth century at least, albums (or muraqqa`) had become an important way of storing and presenting one's diverse collection of artworks on paper: valuable specimens of calligraphy, single-page paintings or drawings, and even European prints, all re-mounted in a careful sequence. This album was compiled in early seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, probably for a private citizen. Album-page, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on marbled card, two paintings (recto and verso), one of twelve detached folios from an Ottoman album, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1620 Recto: painting of seated young man holding a book, inscribed in Turkish "Khwaja Hafiz's pupil Shirvani Mirza-zade", borders of gold-painted foliate scrollwork, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper. Verso: painting of standing young man playing a tar, borders of gold-painted foliate scrollwork, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

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Young man seated with a book (recto), and young man playing a tar (verso), folio from an Ottoman album

Basım Tarihi c. 1620

Tür Belge

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 415 mm x 270 mm (height x width)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası T 439.12

Lokasyon Turkish collection

Tarih c. 1620

Notlar Young man seated with a book (recto), and young man playing a tar (verso), folio from an Ottoman album. Across Iran, India and Turkey, from the sixteenth century at least, albums (or muraqqa`) had become an important way of storing and presenting one's diverse collection of artworks on paper: valuable specimens of calligraphy, single-page paintings or drawings, and even European prints, all re-mounted in a careful sequence. This album was compiled in early seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, probably for a private citizen. Album-page, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on marbled card, two paintings (recto and verso), one of twelve detached folios from an Ottoman album, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1620 Recto: painting of seated young man holding a book, inscribed in Turkish "Khwaja Hafiz's pupil Shirvani Mirza-zade", borders of gold-painted foliate scrollwork, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper. Verso: painting of standing young man playing a tar, borders of gold-painted foliate scrollwork, mounted on marbled (ebru) paper.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)