Layla and Majnun before the King Who Sees the Divine in Everything (painting recto, text verso of folio 33) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami
c. 1530-70
Description
The first illustration of this manuscript depicts the king who saw everything was the Divine: "He who appears in Layla's figure, He who looks on through Majnun's eyes."
Provenance
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
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