Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto)
Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506)
1480–1490
- 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.)
- 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.
