The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Bahram Gur in the Turquoise Palace on Wednesday", Folio 216 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaikh Zada|Nizami
- Date
- dated A.H. 931/1524–25 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) W.4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Page: H. 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 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 Afghanistan
- Object number
- 13.228.7.10
- Credit line
- Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Artist information
Iranian, ca. 1472–ca. 1536|Iranian, ca. 1500–1560|Iranian, active 1510–1550|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Subjects and terms
- Musical Instruments
- Men
- Women
- Musicians
The Met object ID 446606. 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.