Author
Sur Gujarati, Indian and Mughal artist, 1500-1600 (Artist) | Sa'di, ca. 610-691 AH, Iranian (Author)
Publication Date
1595 | ca. 1595
Publication Place
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Harvard University Library
Subject
miniatures (paintings) | borders (ornamental areas) | illuminations | poetry | inscriptions | Persian | nastaʻliq | kings and rulers | courtiers | canopies (structural elements) | terraces | palaces | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
height 25.7 cm ; width 14.7 cm (painting)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
8001097751_URN-3:FHCL:27493184
Record ID
harvard_scw-1299
Library Location
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date
1595 | ca. 1595
Notes
The painting illustrates Chapter 5, Tale XX. | Part of a set of eight pages from a Gulistan of Sa'di ca. 1595 held by the Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati's eight pages were painted by eight different court artists, each known from his work in other manuscripts commissioned by Akbar. Their names were added to the lower margins by a court librarian. See Pride of the Princes: Indian Art of the Mughal Era in the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1985. | Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: gold, opaque watercolor, paper | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
