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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets]
1555–65
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets], 1555–65. Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 32.7 x 21.8 cm (12 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.); image: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.487.a
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 32.7 x 21.8 cm (12 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.); Image: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: script: Nasta'liq
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.487.a
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, For Modern America from the Ancient Near East, Miniature Painting of India: A Comparison of Styles, The Classical Style in Islamic Painting, Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation), <em>Muslim Miniature Paintings from American Collections</em>. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy; Asia House, New York, NY (September 1962-February 1963)., <em>The classical style in Islamic painting: the early school of Herat and its impact on Islamic painting of the later 15th, the 16th and 17th centuries: some examples in American collections. </em>Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY (November 6, 1968-January 4, 1969).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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