A woman detained by a kneeling youth

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.

Historical period(s)
ca. 1590s
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 40.6 x 26 cm (16 x 10 1/4 in)
Geography
Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Credit Line
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S1986.316
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Album, Painting
Type

Detached Album folio

Keywords
Henri Vever collection, Iran, lovers, Uzbekistan, WWII-era provenance
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
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.

Published References
  • The Story of Layla and Majnun by Nizami. New York. Cover.
  • Rene Grousset. The Civilizations of the East. 4 vols., New York and London, 1931-1934. vol. 1: p. 377, fig. 286.
  • Les Mille et une Nuits. Exh. cat. France. p. 181.
  • Stephen Frederic Dale. The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals., 1st ed. New York and Cambridge. p. 236, fig. 19.
  • Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 358, p. 308.
Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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