Turkoman Prisonerfirst half of 17th century

Not on view

Drawing in brown ink and wash on cream paper, seated male figure in ceremonial helmet holding a sword, mounted within a blue-green speckled border

Persian manuscript painting, ink and gold on paper, seated male figure wearing an ornate helmet with feather plume, holding a dagger, with a quiver of arrows across his back, rendered in fine line work with sparse gold and color accents, mounted on speckled blue-green borders with blue and gold ruling.

Verso of a photograph or print, cream-colored paper with aging spots, handwritten number "102" near top center and pencil inscriptions along bottom edge.

Persian manuscript painting, ink and gold on paper, half-length figure of a bearded man in a tall decorated helmet with feather plume, holding a bow and wearing a quiver, sword at his side, fine ink outlines with gold and pale wash, framed by a blue-ruled border on a gold-flecked gray mount, with a short Persian inscription at upper right.

Title: Turkoman Prisoner
Place Made: Iran, probably Isfahan
Date Made: first half of 17th century
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: 5 × 2 1/2 in. (12.7 × 6.35 cm) Frame: 20 × 15 × 1 1/2 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line: The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number: M.85.237.28
Classification: Manuscripts
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: The Turkoman prisoner is a common subject in Iranian art (also see M.2000.135). The motif was copied and subtly interpreted in both drawings and paintings, which were probably intended for placement in albums. The prisoner depicted here, as in all such representations, is fettered by a palahang, a device made from a forked branch, to which one wrist is attached by an additional band of wood or metal. A crossbar at the back of the prisoner’s neck completes the restraint.
Selected Bibliography: Denny, Walter B. Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edward Binney, 3rd. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1979.
Taylor, Alice. Book Arts of Isfahan: Diversity and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Persia. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995.
Overton, Keelan. "A History of Ottoman Art History Through the Private Database of Edward Binney, 3rd." Journal of Art Historiography 6 (2012): 1-19.
Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.
Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.
Binney, Edwin, 3rd. "Turkish Arts of the Book in the Binney Collection." Arts of Asia 17, no.6 (Nov/Dec 1987): 97-104.

Turkoman Prisonerfirst half of 17th century

Not on view

Title: Turkoman Prisoner
Place Made: Iran, probably Isfahan
Date Made: first half of 17th century
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: 5 × 2 1/2 in. (12.7 × 6.35 cm) Frame: 20 × 15 × 1 1/2 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line: The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number: M.85.237.28
Classification: Manuscripts
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: The Turkoman prisoner is a common subject in Iranian art (also see M.2000.135). The motif was copied and subtly interpreted in both drawings and paintings, which were probably intended for placement in albums. The prisoner depicted here, as in all such representations, is fettered by a palahang, a device made from a forked branch, to which one wrist is attached by an additional band of wood or metal. A crossbar at the back of the prisoner’s neck completes the restraint.
Selected Bibliography: Denny, Walter B. Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edward Binney, 3rd. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1979.
Taylor, Alice. Book Arts of Isfahan: Diversity and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Persia. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995.
Overton, Keelan. "A History of Ottoman Art History Through the Private Database of Edward Binney, 3rd." Journal of Art Historiography 6 (2012): 1-19.
Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.
Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.
Binney, Edwin, 3rd. "Turkish Arts of the Book in the Binney Collection." Arts of Asia 17, no.6 (Nov/Dec 1987): 97-104.