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Source Description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.607, Alexander the Great (Iskandar) searches for the fountain of life and passes by a cave, before which sit the prophets Khidr and Ilyas.
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Document identity
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81253
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Alexander the Great at the Fountain of Life with the Prophets Khidr and Ilyas
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81253
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title
Alexander the Great at the Fountain of Life with the Prophets Khidr and Ilyas
description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.607, Alexander the Great (Iskandar) searches for the fountain of life and passes by a cave, before which sit the prophets Khidr and Ilyas.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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cm
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30
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18
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H: 11 13/16 x W: 7 1/16 in. (30 x 18 cm)
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Islamic
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Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored laid paper
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photo
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