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Summary
Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing
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| Title |
Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing |
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| Description |
These velvet fragments depict an episode from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209), in which the lovers Khusrau and Shirin first see each other. A pre-Islamic king of Iran, Khusrau has fallen in love with Shirin after seeing her portrait and is traveling to meet her when he happens across her bathing in a stream. Not yet realizing that she is Shirin, Khusrau is transfixed by the woman’s beauty and covets both her and her magnificent black horse. The horse’s mane is just visible here, and she has placed her crown and tunic atop a branch. |
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| Date | 1525 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Silk; velvet, cut, pile-warp substitution | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 19 x 15 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Textiles |
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| Accession number |
1944.499.a |
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| Place of creation | Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.499.a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 09:20, 21 January 2019 | | 2,693 × 3,400 (9.01 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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