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Boy with Cockerel, by Mu`īn Muṣavvir

Title	Boy with Cockerel, by Mu`īn Muṣavvir
Publication Date:	1656 (1066H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	276 mm x 200 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 265.2
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1656 (1066H)
Notes	Boy with Cockerel, by Mu`īn Muṣavvir. A boy stoops slightly as if he is about to release the large cockerel to the ground — this may be a fighting cock about to do battle. The artist has written a note on the lower left, dedicating his drawing to his son Aqa Zaman, “drawn in haste”. He often signed (and dated) his work in this way, writing directly onto the drawing, and drawing attention to the immediate moment of making the image. Folio, ink and colours on paper, mounted on grey card, (on recto:) tinted drawing of a boy carrying a large cockerel (possibly a fighting cock), signed by Mu`īn Muṣavvir, mounted in light pink paper frame, (on verso:) blank, on grey album page, Isfahan, Iran, dated 15 Dhu’l-Hijja 1066H, 4 October 1656.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material)
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Boy with Cockerel, by Mu`īn Muṣavvir

Publication Date 1656 (1066H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 276 mm x 200 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 265.2

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1656 (1066H)

Notes Boy with Cockerel, by Mu`īn Muṣavvir. A boy stoops slightly as if he is about to release the large cockerel to the ground — this may be a fighting cock about to do battle. The artist has written a note on the lower left, dedicating his drawing to his son Aqa Zaman, “drawn in haste”. He often signed (and dated) his work in this way, writing directly onto the drawing, and drawing attention to the immediate moment of making the image. Folio, ink and colours on paper, mounted on grey card, (on recto:) tinted drawing of a boy carrying a large cockerel (possibly a fighting cock), signed by Mu`īn Muṣavvir, mounted in light pink paper frame, (on verso:) blank, on grey album page, Isfahan, Iran, dated 15 Dhu’l-Hijja 1066H, 4 October 1656.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script