"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Maulana Azhar|Nizami
ca. 1430
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Painting: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm) W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Accession Number
13.228.13.4
Tags
PalacesKingsPrincesses
About the Artist
Maulana Azhar|Nizami ( | ) · 1450 |1141 –1501 |1209
died 1475/76|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja