Khusraw Watching Shirin Bathing

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Cultural Context

Islamic

Date

Creation: Composition: 922 AH/AD 1516; Miniature repainted: 12th century AH/AD 18th (Safavid), Safavid Dynasty

Source

Walters Art Museum

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Walters Art Museum Object Description

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.609, Shirin bathes in a fountain as Khusraw, drawn by her beauty, watches.For the latest information about this object, Khusraw Watching Shirin Bathing, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.

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Title

Khusraw Watching Shirin Bathing

Creator

Worktype

illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves)

Cultural Context

Islamic

Material

ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper

Dimensions

H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)

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Date

Creation: Composition: 922 AH/AD 1516; Miniature repainted: 12th century AH/AD 18th (Safavid), Safavid Dynasty

Provenance

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.; Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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CC0;

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