"Entertainment in a Garden", Folio from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, Matla' al-Anvar
second half 16th century
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) W. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm) Painting: H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm) W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) Dimensions of painting: 13 5/8 x 8 1/4in. (34.6 x 21cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Accession Number
57.51.12
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi · 1228–1350
**Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (c. 1253–1325)** was an Indo-Persian poet, musician, scholar, and Sufi mystic of the Delhi Sultanate, celebrated as one of medieval India’s greatest literary figures and often called the “Parrot of India.” Born in Patiyali (in present-day Uttar Pradesh) to a Turkish father who served in the Delhi court and an Indian mother, he lost his father young and was raised in Delhi by...