| DATE | Circa 1530 |
| AUTHOR | Attributed to Aqa Mirak (? - ?) Tabriz - Persia |
| MEDIA | Opaque watercolor and gold on paper |
| SIZE | 37 x 25.5 cm (14" 9/16 x 10" 1/16) |
| LOCATION | USA - Washington DC - Smithsonian Institution |
| NOTES | As there is no differentiation in the gender or case of pronouns in the Persian language, the same word is used for "he, she, him, her," introducing an intentional level of ambiguity. The subjects of Safavid single-page compositions are also often androgynous in their appearance, and both men and women are portrayed with similar conventionalized traits: almond-shaped eyes, a budlike mouth, or dark ringlets of hair. This allowed to represent in disguise homoerotic feelings. |
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