Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript
Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)
1600–1625
- Medium
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- manuscript
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
About
The Iranian painter Riza ‘Abbasi spearheaded the new style with single figures, receding space, and partial modeling, influenced by European travelers to Iran and painters who accompanied foreign embassies, one being John the Dutchman who in 1626 painted narrative scenes on palace walls of Shah ‘Abbas I. This sleeping youth displays a prestigious sash and has removed his equally opulent turban.
