Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto)

Description

The painting is the left side of a double composition; at the upper left are musicians who provide ambient entertainment. A cook prepares meat over a brazier, while a servant brings kebab on a shallow bowl. The unfinished state of this painting reveals the artist's process of creating underdrawings that are filled with color. The verso has an example of calligraphy.

Provenance

Ricketts; Hofer; (Philip Hofer) (?-1944)

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto)

Bihzad

c. 1485

Accession Number

1944.490.a

Medium

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

Image: 24.4 x 14.1 cm (9 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.); Overall: 27 x 17.2 cm (10 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

Classification

Manuscript

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Edward L. Whittemore Fund