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A Landscape Scene with a Young Man and an Old Man
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)
In this landscape scene from Walters manuscript W.651 a young man holding a sheet of paper containing a verse and an older man are seated next to a tree. The older man may be intended to represent the poet Jami. The colophon in Arabic gives the name of the calligrapher and date of copying.
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Provenance
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Mahmud Askani, 1893-1894, by purchase [ownership statement on fol. 6b written by Husayn Qavam Daftar (?) and dated 1311 AH/AD 1893-1894 stating that this precious book was bought for his son Mahmud Askani from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 11.0 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.651.6A
