Description
- Abstract:
- Mother holds her child. Colorful figures set against a sky-blue background.
- Notes:
- Physical Description: Central image of the painting remains very well preserved, though there is extensive damage to the border. Paper edges have been eaten away and contain numerous holes. Pigment quality within the image is very well preserved with extensive gold and metal leaf. A relief or impasto technique was used throughout the figures which gives the ornamental details a 3-dimensional quality.
- 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:80801/
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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 …