"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Creator Name

Painting by Habiballah of Sava;
Farid al-Din `Attar

Cultural Context

Date

ca. 1600

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

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Title

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Creator

Painting by Habiballah of Sava, Iranian, active ca. 1590–1610, Artist;
Farid al-Din `Attar, Author

Worktype

Codices

Cultural Context

Material

Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm) W. 4 1/2in. (11.4cm) Page: H. 13 in. (33 cm) W. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm);
height: 33.0201centimetre;
width: 20.7963centimetre;
height: 25.4centimetre;
width: 11.4centimetre;
height: 48.8951centimetre;
width: 36.1951centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

ca. 1600

Provenance

Fletcher Fund, 1963

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Isfahan, Iran

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Cranes; Ducks; Poetry; Men; Persian; Peacocks; Roosters

Topic

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Painting by Habiballah of Sava, "The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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