AlbumsPersian16th-17th century

Persian verses in calligraphic composition, illuminated folio from an album

c. 1600

Description

. The illuminated text panel (Admonition against Pride) is placed in marbled and gold sprinkled margins.

Classification

Albums

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Culture

Persian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

24.6 x 16.1 cm (9 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Albums

Slaying of a Monster, folio from a manuscript

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

18th centuryPersian

Albums

Virgin and Child with Angels (painting by a Portuguese artist), folio from the Gulshan Album; mounted with an ornamental border by a Mughal artist

Unknown Artist, c. 1595-1600

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryIndian

Albums

Folio 7 from an Album of Calligraphy

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper

16th centuryPersian

Albums

Maharaja Ram Singh II of Jaipur (r. 1835-80) at Worship

Unknown Artist, c. 1870

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryIndian

Albums

Folio 39 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: women delousing children; women with European man; women with nursing child (recto); Fingernail drawing: child in classical garb (verso)

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Top: red ink over graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top: black ink; Middle: red ink over graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom: red ink over graphite on off-white wove paper (verso)

19th centuryPersian

Albums

Folio 22 from an Album of Calligraphic Panels

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Ink with opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th-18th centuryIndian

Albums

Page from Indian Drawings of the Taj Mahal

Unknown Artist, 1823

Watercolor on paper

19th centuryIndian

Albums

A Lady of the Zenana; from an Album entitled “Costumes of India”

Lucknow Company School, c. 1800

Opaque watercolor on paper

19th centuryIndian

Albums

Verses about Love, folio from an album, right-hand side of a bifolio

Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

18th-19th centuryPersian

Albums

Folio 14 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: vendor and hat maker (recto); Blank page (verso)

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal (recto)

19th centuryPersian

Albums

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 14 from an album

Unknown Artist, c. 1767

Opaque watercolor on paper

18th centuryIndian

Albums

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 10 from an album

Unknown Artist, c. 1767

Opaque watercolor on paper

18th centuryIndian