A Prisoner
Artist/Culture
Persian
(Seljuk, 1000–1199)
Artist/Culture
Bukhara
Artist/Culture
Uzbek
Date16th century
Mediumwatercolor and gold metallic paint on paper
Dimensionsminiature: 19.8 x 12.4 cm
overall: 30.9 x 19.9 cm
overall: 30.9 x 19.9 cm
ClassificationsNon-Western Miniatures
Credit LineJerome Wheelock Fund
Object number1935.9
Descriptionpage from a book with illuminated cornersLabel TextThis is not a manuscript illustration but an independant portrait of an unidentified prisoner in restraint. Such subjects are repeatedly depicted in mid-sixteenth century Bukhara painting.ProvenanceDemotte, New York NY
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