The Owner of a House and a Thief

1073 AH/AD 1663

15 cm 26.5 cm

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This illustration from Walters manuscript W.626 depicts an exchange between the owner of a house and a thief who makes a hole in the wall to break in, while pretending that he is playing drums.

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Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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