Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506)
1475–1500
- Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Genre
- manuscript
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Afghanistan or Iran, Timurid period (1370–1501)
About
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.
