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W.690, Single leaf of a couple embracing

Abstract

This single-leaf painting of a couple embracing, executed in Safavid Iran, is dated to 3 Sha`ban 1[0]98 AH / 1689 CE. The painting is in the style of the artist Mu'in Muṣawwir (Mu'in the painter), who was active in Isfahan from 1044-1109 AH / 1635-1697 CE. The illuminated landscape motifs are found in other paintings associated with this painter, who produced both single-leaf compositions and manuscript illustrations. The handwriting is also comparable to that found on Mu'in's accepted and signed works. The subject of couples embracing was a popular theme of single-leaf compositions in Isfahan of the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE, repeated by Mu'in's contemporaries and students.

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1. fol. W.690a

   
   • W690_000001_805.tif
     Size: 335.2 MB (351,522,350 bytes)
   • W690_000001_300.tif
     Size: 39.7 MB (41,605,186 bytes)
   • W690_000001_sap.jpg
     Size: 802.5 kB (821,789 bytes)
   • W690_000001_thumb.jpg
     Size: 13.1 kB (13,413 bytes)

2. fol. W.690b

   
   • W690_000002_600.tif
     Size: 184.5 MB (193,452,202 bytes)
   • W690_000002_300.tif
     Size: 39.2 MB (41,144,104 bytes)
   • W690_000002_sap.jpg
     Size: 616.6 kB (631,368 bytes)
   • W690_000002_thumb.jpg
     Size: 9.5 kB (9,731 bytes)