"Khusrau Catches Sight of Shirin Bathing", Folio 50 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Creator Name

Nizami;
Sultan Muhammad Nur;
Mahmud Muzahib;
Painting by Shaikh Zada

Cultural Context

Date

dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

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Title

"Khusrau Catches Sight of Shirin Bathing", Folio 50 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Creator

Nizami, present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja, Author;
Sultan Muhammad Nur, Calligrapher;
Mahmud Muzahib, Calligrapher;
Painting by Shaikh Zada, Artist

Worktype

Codices

Cultural Context

Material

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Page: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm);
height: 48.8951centimetre;
width: 36.1951centimetre;
height: 32.0676centimetre;
width: 22.225centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Provenance

Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Herat, present-day Afghanistan

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Kings; Princesses; Bathing; Horses

Topic

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Nizami, "Khusrau Catches Sight of Shirin Bathing", Folio 50 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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