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Seated Man Reading from a Book of Persian Poetry

Description Provenance Credit

Description This illustration from Walters manuscript W.653 depicts a young man sitting in a landscape reading a book of Persian poetry in the oblong format. The peach margins are decorated with another young man reading, another pouring wine, and an angel.

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

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Iranian (Artist)

Period

1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)

Medium

ink and pigments on colored and marbled paper with stenciled, painted, and illuminated designs
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.653.17A

Measurements

H: 7 1/16 x W: 3 15/16 in. (18 x 10 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Anthology of Persian Poetry	Title
13th century AH/AD 19th (?)	Period
W.653.binding	Accession

Anthology of Persian Poetry	Title
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)	Period
W.653	Accession
persia1893	Tags

Illuminated Colophon with Two Goats in Combat	Title
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)	Period
W.653.32A	Accession

Young Man Playing Flute with Singing Bird Perched in a Blossoming Tree	Title
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)	Period
W.653.24B	Accession

Young Man Standing with Pomegranate and Book	Title
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)	Period
W.653.19B	Accession

Woman Holding a Vase of Flowers in a Landscape	Title
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)	Period
W.653.16B	Accession

Man Seated in a Landscape	Title
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)	Period
W.653.8B	Accession