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Layla and Majnun by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy — VisualArtsDB

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Layla and Majnun

Layla and Majnun

Layla and Majnun

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

1700

Medium: Color and gold on paper
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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South Asian and Himalayan ArtReign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)IlluminationArt

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