Walters Ms. W.746, Single leaf of a man spinning cotton

W.746

Single leaf of a man spinning cotton

This is a drawing depicting a man spinning cotton. It was executed in the mid tenth century AH / sixteenth CE in Iran, possibly in Qazwīn. The drawing is framed by verses in nastaʿlīq script inscribed in panels, and the whole is surrounded by an outer border with animals and vegetal decoration on a blue background.

Mid 10th century AH / 16th CE

Iran

Leaf

Historical

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard

Foliation: Not applicable

23.5 cm wide by 36.0 cm high

1. Image: 7.6 cm wide by 12.0 high

1. Title: Man spinning cotton
2. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script
3. Decoration note: Outer border of blue-tinted paper with illuminated animal and floral motifs; inner salmon-colored border with illuminated motifs

fol. W.746a:

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2. Title: Man spinning cotton
3. Form: Drawing
4. Label: This is a drawing depicting a man spinning cotton. It was executed in the mid tenth century AH / sixteenth CE in Iran, possibly in Qazwīn. The drawing is framed by verses in nastaʿlīq script inscribed in panels, and the whole is surrounded by an outer border with animals and vegetal decoration on a blue background.

fol. W.746b:

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2. Title: Man spinning cotton (back)
3. Form: Back

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Grube, Ernst J. and Maria Alberta Fabris. Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the United States and Canada: Catalogue of the Exhibition. (Venezia: N. Pozza, 1962), 117.

Robinson, B. W. Persian Drawings from the 14th through the 19th Century. New York: Shorewood Publishers, 1965.

Atil, Esin. The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from Iran and India. Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1978.

Swietochowski, M. L., and S. Babaie. Persian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara

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