| DATE | Circa 1600 |
| AUTHOR | Riza Abbasi (ca. 1565 - 1635) Isfahan - Persia |
| MEDIA | Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper |
| SIZE | Unknown |
| LOCATION | USA - Washington DC - Smithsonian Institution |
| NOTES | Individual illustrations were assembled in albums (muraqqa'), and frequently incorporated writing or were paired with lyrical verses. Others consisted of figural compositions and poems artfully assembled into a visually coherent whole. One of the most popular subject matters consisted of idealized types, such as the handsome youth, or the wise old master, already familiar from Persian poetry. By drawing on a conventionalized body of imagery, single-page compositions can be interpreted as pictorial equivalents of poetic sentiments and "visual poems" in their own right. |
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