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Layla Visits Majnun in the Palm Grove, Page from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami1550-1575

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Persian manuscript painting, miniature narrative scene with two robed figures seated in a golden landscape among palm trees, surrounded by animals, with Nastaliq script panels above and below

Unknown, Layla Visits Majnun in the Palm Grove, Page from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, 1550-1575, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Layla Visits Majnun in the Palm Grove, Page from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Place Made
Iran, Shiraz
Date Made
1550-1575
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in. (19.37 x 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.578
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.