The Sheikh and the Fair Lady
Unknown Persian, Persian
16th century
Manuscript illumination
Image: 7 1/2 × 5 5/16 in. (19 × 13.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (27.3 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
P.X.508
Geography
Place Made: Iran, West Asia, Asia
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Calligraphy is on the reverse of the manuscript
Course History
WGST 41.4, Transnational Muslim Feminisms, Zahra. Ayubi, Fall 2014
Exhibition History
The Nature of the Empire, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-August 18, 1984.
Provenance
Source unknown.
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