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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)
Afghanistan or Iran, Timurid period (1370–1501)
opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1944.490
Location: not on view
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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.
Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

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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