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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 depicts Alexander the Great watching the sirens bathing.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81298
label
Alexander the Great Watching the Sirens Bathing
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
81298
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Alexander the Great Watching the Sirens Bathing
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 depicts Alexander the Great watching the sirens bathing.
provenance
Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Composition: 922 AH/AD 1516; Miniature repainted: 12th century AH/AD 18th (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29
height
17.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
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7689
18134
18135
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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eadfd4429ee19b63