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Source Description
Seated in a stylized landscape, a youth plays the flute while looking up at a singing bird perched in a tree in this illustration from Walters manuscript W.653. The buff-colored margins are decorated with a man reading a book, a youth pouring wine, and an angel.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
80966
label
Young Man Playing Flute with Singing Bird Perched in a Blossoming Tree
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80966
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Young Man Playing Flute with Singing Bird Perched in a Blossoming Tree
description
Seated in a stylized landscape, a youth plays the flute while looking up at a singing bird perched in a tree in this illustration from Walters manuscript W.653. The buff-colored margins are decorated with a man reading a book, a youth pouring wine, and an angel.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18
height
10
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/16 x W: 3 15/16 in. (18 x 10 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on colored and marbled paper with stenciled, painted, and illuminated designs
creator_ids
6747
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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45ac49e1a8ec21db