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Woman with a Lutecirca 1600-1610

Not on view
Persian manuscript page, painted central panel of a standing figure in blue floral robe holding a long-necked stringed instrument, surrounded by gold arabesque border and salmon-pink page with gold birds

Unknown, Woman with a Lute, circa 1600-1610, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman with a Lute
Place Made
Iran, Isfahan
Date Made
circa 1600-1610
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 9 3/16 in. (36 x 23.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.457
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.
  • Taylor, Alice. Book Arts of Isfahan: Diversity and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Persia. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Gifts of the Sultan: the Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011.
  • Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.
  • Pourjavady, Amir Hosein, and Shadi Shafiei. "Musical Life in Seventeenth-century Isfahan." In Iranian Art from the Sasanians to the Islamic Republic: Essays in Honour of Linda Komaroff, edited by Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom and Sandra S. Williams. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.