Description
- Abstract:
- Ascent of the prophet Muhammad to heaven, guided by the angel Gabriel, mounting on pink horse with man's head.
- Notes:
- Physical Description: Uniform damage across the painting surface. Areas of pigment loss have made details difficult to discern. Intricate gold-leaf work around Muhammad. Considerable damage has been done to the pigment layer. Mounted on card stock with a banded border. No text or inscription. Verso is blank with pen markings and an adhesive sticker.
- Support: Paper
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
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Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:80713/
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Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings
...Miniature paintings from the estate of Mrs. Adrienne Minassian. The paintings often include text from Persian and Indian tales. Many of the illustrations within the Minassian Collection are depictions of stories from the classical Persian text, Shahnama of Ferdowsi.
The …