"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja by Maulana Azhar|Nizami|Unknown

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm) W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 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

13.228.13.6

Tags

Musical InstrumentsMenWomenSwimmingMusicians

About the Artist

Maulana Azhar|Nizami|Unknown ( | ) · 1450 |1141 1501 |1209

died 1475/76|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja

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