AlbumsPersian19th century

Folio 17 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three drawings: man and peacock; gathering of men on a terrace; woman and rabbit (recto) Two drawings: Shirin on horseback visits Farhad at Mt. Bisutun; Bahram Gur succeeds at Azada's shooting challenges (verso)

19th century

Classification

Albums

Medium

Left: black counterproof on off-white laid paper; Center: black counterproof, colored inks with touches of graphite on off-white paper; pricked; Right: black counterproof and light brown ink on laid paper; pricked and pounced with red chalk, verso rubbed with red chalk and black chalk (?) (recto); Red ink and graphite on off-white blue-lined wove paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (verso)

Culture

Persian

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet at left: 16.9 x 4 cm; sheet at center: 22 x 10.7 cm; sheet at right: 16 x 3.7 cm Verso: sheet at top: 10.3 x 13 cm; sheet at bottom: 9.6 x 12.2 cm

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