A Standing Figure

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A Standing Figure

Iran, Isfahan, circa 1620-1625
Manuscripts; folios
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
5 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (14.61 × 6.99 cm) Frame: 20 × 15 × 1 1/2 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 3.81 cm)
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.455)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

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Among the most popular subjects of seventeenth-century Persian album paintings are handsome youths and lovely maidens (see M.73.5.458 and M.73.5.562). In many cases, these figural subjects are generic representations, but it is sometimes possible to identify them with greater precision, as may be the case with this tinted album drawing of a standing figure. Wearing Ottoman-style clothing and coquettishly twirling a lock of their hair, they possibly represent "the beautiful Turk," a conventional figure in Persian love poetry whose physical allure and fickleness cause heartache. The poetry in the surrounding frames is by Hafez.
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Bibliography

  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed.  Islamic Art:  The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection.  Los Angeles:  Museum Associates, 1973.
  • Taylor, Alice. Book Arts of Isfahan: Diversity and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Persia. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995.