A woman detained by a kneeling youth

Object Details

• Description

  Detached album folio; A woman detained by a kneeling youth.

  Border: The painting is set in gold and black rulings with a gold-sprinkled inner frame and an outer frame with calligraphic panels in Persian black nasta'liq script, mounted on paperboard with gold floral motifs.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Les Mille et Une Nuits (November 27, 2012 to April 28, 2013)

  Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection (March 6 to August 31, 2009)

• Origin

  Bukhara, Uzbekistan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1590s

• Place

  Bukhara, Uzbekistan

• Topic

  Lovers, Art, Henri Vever collection, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Paintings