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Two lovers being watched by a wet nurse
(عاشقان يراقبان من قبل مرضعة)

Title	Two lovers being watched by a wet nurse
Title Original	عاشقان يراقبان من قبل مرضعة
Author	Moin Musoor
Author Original	معین مصوّر
Publication Date:	The nineteenth of Shawwal 1089/December 4, 1678
Publication Place	Maybe Isfahan - Rietberg Museum
Subject	Watercolor and gold on paper (thumbnail); Opaque watercolor and gold on paper (frame)
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الأبعاد الكلية 27.7 ×35 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2006,182
Record ID	object;EPM;sw;Mus21;2;ar
Library Location	Rietberg Museum
Date	The nineteenth of Shawwal 1089/December 4, 1678
Notes	The work depicts lovers in close embrace with the brush of Moin Musawwar, one of the most famous and prolific Iranian painters of the 17th century. Young lover couples were a fairly common theme in his time and exist in countless variations. The current version is sexually charged, depicting a young Georgian (distinguished by his fur hat) embracing a young Persian woman. Confident, she stops the demanding gesture of his left hand. Additional evidence is available to date the work as enlarged calligraphy, characteristic of 17th-century drawings. There are known to be about 12 extant brush drawings of Moin; Often, the same color combination consisting of red, green and yellow as well as black ink appears. Moin is known for his rather conservative style, remaining true throughout his 60-year career, to the style established by Reza Abbasi at the beginning of the 17th century. Therefore, European motifs are very rare in his works. However, in this work he incorporated not only a set piece likely stemming from European images and prints – the symmetrically divided, border-raised curtain – but also an old woman looking through a door. The theme of the uninvited observer was very popular in Iran, especially in the 19th century, making it one of the earliest representations of this particular type of image.
Sample Text	Axel Langer “Two lovers watched by a wet nurse” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;sw;Mus21;2;ar

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Two lovers being watched by a wet nurse

(عاشقان يراقبان من قبل مرضعة)

Author Moin Musoor

Author Original معین مصوّر

Publication Date The nineteenth of Shawwal 1089/December 4, 1678

Publication Place Maybe Isfahan - Rietberg Museum

Subject Watercolor and gold on paper (thumbnail); Opaque watercolor and gold on paper (frame)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الأبعاد الكلية 27.7 ×35 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2006,182

Record ID object;EPM;sw;Mus21;2;ar

Library Location Rietberg Museum

Date The nineteenth of Shawwal 1089/December 4, 1678

Notes The work depicts lovers in close embrace with the brush of Moin Musawwar, one of the most famous and prolific Iranian painters of the 17th century. Young lover couples were a fairly common theme in his time and exist in countless variations. The current version is sexually charged, depicting a young Georgian (distinguished by his fur hat) embracing a young Persian woman. Confident, she stops the demanding gesture of his left hand. Additional evidence is available to date the work as enlarged calligraphy, characteristic of 17th-century drawings. There are known to be about 12 extant brush drawings of Moin; Often, the same color combination consisting of red, green and yellow as well as black ink appears. Moin is known for his rather conservative style, remaining true throughout his 60-year career, to the style established by Reza Abbasi at the beginning of the 17th century. Therefore, European motifs are very rare in his works. However, in this work he incorporated not only a set piece likely stemming from European images and prints – the symmetrically divided, border-raised curtain – but also an old woman looking through a door. The theme of the uninvited observer was very popular in Iran, especially in the 19th century, making it one of the earliest representations of this particular type of image.

Sample Text Axel Langer “Two lovers watched by a wet nurse” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;sw;Mus21;2;ar