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PAINTING BY UNKNOWN. "The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami. Artist: Painting by Unknown. Calligrapher: Maulana Azhar (d. 1475/76). Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm). Poet: Nizami (Ilyas Abu Muhammad Nizam al-Din of Ganja) (probably 1141-1217). Date: ca. 1430.
This folio once illustrated a magnificent manuscript of Nizami's Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits). The story of the Seven Portraits comprises a series of moralizing tales as told to the Persian hero Bahram Gur by seven princesses. This lively and lyrical scene illustrates a story in which a youth spies upon maidens swimming in a garden pool by moonlight. The voyeur is barely visible here, peering out of the shuttered window, unbeknownst to the playful bathers below.

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PAINTING BY UNKNOWN

Title:

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Caption:

"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami. Artist: Painting by Unknown. Calligrapher: Maulana Azhar (d. 1475/76). Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm) W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm). Poet: Nizami (Ilyas Abu Muhammad Nizam al-Din of Ganja) (probably 1141-1217). Date: ca. 1430. This folio once illustrated a magnificent manuscript of Nizami's Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits). The story of the Seven Portraits comprises a series of moralizing tales as told to the Persian hero Bahram Gur by seven princesses. This lively and lyrical scene illustrates a story in which a youth spies upon maidens swimming in a garden pool by moonlight. The voyeur is barely visible here, peering out of the shuttered window, unbeknownst to the playful bathers below.

Technique/material:

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

2779 x 4238 px | 33.7 MB

Print size:

23.5 x 35.9 cm | 9.3 x 14.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AFGHANISTAN • ASIA • CODICES • FOLIO FROM AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT • FOLIOS • GOLD • HERAT • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS • INK • INK, OPAQUE WATERCOLOR, SILVER, AND GOLD ON PAPER • ISLAMIC ART • MADE IN PRESENT-DAY AFGHANISTAN, HERAT • MANUSCRIPTS • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAINTING BY UNKNOWN • PAPER • SILVER • WATERCOLORS