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Muhammad-Ali
A Youth Kneeling Beside a Sleeping Prince in a Landscape1655/A.H. 1066

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Illustrated manuscript page with gold floral borders surrounding a small painted scene of two figures seated outdoors beneath a blossoming tree, rendered in soft reds, whites, and gray-blues
Mughal-style manuscript painting mounted on decorated album page with gold-speckled borders and polychrome cloud-band corner pieces. Central miniature depicts two turbaned male figures seated outdoors beneath a flowering tree, one leaning toward the other, with rocky landscape and small plants in the foreground.
Ink and color manuscript painting on paper, two figures seated outdoors on a spotted textile; one figure reclines against the other, with long auburn hair, while a turbaned figure sits upright; rocky landscape, flowering trees, and small vessels in the foreground, rendered in delicate line with pale washes of red, green, and gray
Detail of a painted surface with speckled green and cream ground, depicting a shallow tray holding a decorated bowl and rounded fruits, with stylized leaf and floral motifs throughout; fine outlined brushwork in earth tones and muted pinks.
Artist or Maker
Muhammad-Ali
Title
A Youth Kneeling Beside a Sleeping Prince in a Landscape
Place Made
Iran, Isfahan
Date Made
1655/A.H. 1066
Medium
Ink with color washes on paper
Dimensions
6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (16.5 x 8.25 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.475
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.