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A Prisoner
A Prisoner
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

A Prisoner

Artist/Culture (Seljuk, 1000–1199)
Artist/Culture
Artist/Culture
Date16th century
Mediumwatercolor and gold metallic paint on paper
Dimensionsminiature: 19.8 x 12.4 cm
overall: 30.9 x 19.9 cm
ClassificationsNon-Western Miniatures
Credit LineJerome Wheelock Fund
Object number1935.9
Descriptionpage from a book with illuminated corners
Label 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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