Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Set in India, this story from Walters manuscript W.649 begins with a young Hindu man confessing his strong love for his childhood friend to his father. His father consents to the young man's request to marry and sends a message to the girl's parents.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
80054
label
Youth Confesses his Falling in Love to his Father
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80054
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Youth Confesses his Falling in Love to his Father
description
Set in India, this story from Walters manuscript W.649 begins with a young Hindu man confessing his strong love for his childhood friend to his father. His father consents to the young man's request to marry and sends a message to the girl's parents.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1068 AH/AD 1657 (Safavid; Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
14.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
16860
16859
16858
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7e007aa1e49a9374