Folio from an Album with Musicians and Servants Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
Folio from an Album with Musicians and Servants Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
c. 1485
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style of Bihzad
(Iranian, active 1470–1506)
Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period
(1370-1501)
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1944.490
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Intoxicated, a man in blue at the lower right has fallen.
Description
The painting is the left side of a double composition; at the upper left are musicians who provide ambient entertainment. A cook prepares meat over a brazier, while a servant brings kebab on a shallow bowl. The unfinished state of this painting reveals the artist's process of creating underdrawings that are filled with color. The verso has an example of calligraphy.
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