"A Bathhouse Keeper is Consumed by Passion for his Beloved", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

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"A Bathhouse Keeper is Consumed by Passion for his Beloved", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi|Nar Singh

Date
1597–98
Medium
Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper Margins: Gold on dyed paper
Dimensions
Image: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm) W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) Page: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
present-day Pakistan
Object number
13.228.31
Credit line
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

Artist information

Indian, Patiyali, 1253–1325 Delhi|

Subjects and terms

  • Poetry
  • Men
  • Elephants
  • Horses

The Met object ID 446565. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.