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Walters Ms. W.812, Single leaf of an outdoor scene in the Safavid style

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Shelf mark

W.812


Manuscript

Single leaf of an outdoor scene in the Safavid style


Text title
Outdoor scene in the Safavid style

Abstract

This painting was executed in the late thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE in either India or Iran. It is based on a Safavid manuscript painting of the early eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE.


Date

Late 13th century AH / 19th CE


Origin

Iran or India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

19.0 cm wide by 29.0 cm high


Layout
  1. Columns: 1
  2. Ruled lines: 17

Contents:
fols. W.812a - W.812b:
  1. Title: Outdoor scene in the Safavid style
  2. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script

Decoration:

fol. W.812a:

  1. W.812, fol. W.812a
  2. Title: Outdoor scene in the Safavid style
  3. Form: Illustration

fol. W.812b:

  1. W.812, fol. W.812b
  2. Title: Text page
  3. Form: Text page

Acquisition

Gift of Robert and Linda Goldman


Contributors

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


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.