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Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

c. 1485

style of Bihzad

(Iranian, active 1470–1506)
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Culture
Afghanistan or Iran, Timurid period (1370–1501)
Medium
opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1944.490
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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.
A book page with staggered rectangles features text on one side and on the other an unfinished scene of people standing on grass densely patterned with leaves and flowers. Some wear solid, bright-colored robes with dark or light skin tone but most have just the person's preparatory outline. At the lower right, a person in light blue robes lies on the grass, others moving toward them. Above, musicians play instruments among trees, all solely outlined.

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

c. 1485

Bihzad

(Iranian, active 1470–1506)
Afghanistan or Iran, Timurid period (1370–1501)

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