Single Leaf of a Falconer on Horseback

Description Walters leaf W.707 is an Ottoman Turkish colored drawing of a falconer on horseback produced in the11th century AH/AD 17th. The central work is framed by 2 additional drawings: a lion in the upper register and a lion killing a deer in the lower register. Both reference earlier Persian compositions. The verses above are written in small Nasta'liq script, the first 2 in Persian and the 3rd in Ottoman Turkish. The border is of blue-tinted paper.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters