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Double-page Illustrated Frontispiece Depicting a Court Scene

Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century) (Author)
Zayn al-'Abidin bin ar-Rahman al-Jami (active ca. 1512) (Scribe)
Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid)
ink and pigments on brown laid paper
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)

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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Ex libris on upper board inside]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 8 7/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (21.5 x 13.5 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.

W.628.1B

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Collection of Poems (Divan)

Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century)
Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid)
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