Description
The painting is the left side of a double composition; at the upper left are musicians who provide ambient entertainment. A cook prepares meat over a brazier, while a servant brings kebab on a shallow bowl. The unfinished state of this painting reveals the artist's process of creating underdrawings that are filled with color. The verso has an example of calligraphy.
Provenance
Purchased from Philip Hofer by Edward L. Whittemore Endowment Fund (?-1944); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1944-)
Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
c. 1485
Accession Number
1944.490
Medium
opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
N/A
Classification
Manuscript
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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