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
In this folio from Walters manuscript W.624, Farhad is shown in great sorrow as he is told that Shirin has died. It is Khusraw, in disguise, who relates this untruth.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18672
label
Farhad Hears the False News of Shirin’s Death
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18672
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Farhad Hears the False News of Shirin’s Death
description
In this folio from Walters manuscript W.624, Farhad is shown in great sorrow as he is told that Shirin has died. It is Khusraw, in disguise, who relates this untruth.
provenance
Muhammad Zaki, 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 [mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal, fols. 1a, 211a]; 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi', 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 [mode of acquisition unknown] [rectangular seal fols. 1a, 211a]; Muhammad 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [large oval seal with no date on fol. 211a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1597-1598 (Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28.5
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
style
Mughal
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
7404
7405
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
2664
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
3b55adf8f441ef76