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Source Description
This is the right side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.628 showing a pavilion reception between a princely figure, a female companion, and attendants. The inscription running along the top is a Persian couplet. There has been some damage and repainting to this illustration.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81869
label
Double-page Illustrated Frontispiece Depicting a Court Scene
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81869
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Double-page Illustrated Frontispiece Depicting a Court Scene
description
This is the right side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.628 showing a pavilion reception between a princely figure, a female companion, and attendants. The inscription running along the top is a Persian couplet. There has been some damage and repainting to this illustration.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Ex libris on upper board inside]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21.5
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 7/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (21.5 x 13.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on brown laid paper
creator_ids
15730
15729
collection_ids
ISL
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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466807dece07ebe3