Description
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a seated male figure holding a flower.
- Notes:
- Physical Description: Image is beautifully drawn but the paper is uniformly darkened. Tiny holes in paper surface expose a shiny metallic gold ground beneath. Figure is framed by fine gold-painted arabesque and faunal borders. Mounted on peach-tone gold-fleck paper. Cellophane tape, pencil marks, adhesive sticker on verso.
- Support: Paper
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Leaf"
Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:80732/
Relations
Collection:
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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 …