Two Youths Embracing

Object Details

• Label

  The concept of love is the main focus of Two Youths Embracing. Conforming to the ideals of seventeenth-century painting, the artist of this finely tinted drawing has relied on gestures and poses to evoke the idea of love and intimacy between the two idealized youths. The entwined tree trunk, the swirling shawl, and the position of the bottles in the foreground further heighten the underlying meaning of the composition.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from Iran (October 14, 1978 to May 30, 1979)

  Persian Art (January 1, 1963 to September 3, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  International Exhibition of Persian Art (January 7 to March 7, 1931)

• Origin

  Isfahan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1700s, 1710s, 1720s, 1500s, 1610s, 1600s, 1590s, 1540s, 1650s, 1530s, 1640s, 1630s, 1520s, 1510s, 1620s, 1580s, 1730s, 1690s, 1570s, 1680s, 1560s, 1670s, 1550s, 1660s

• Place

  Isfahan

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Drawings