album
- Museum number
- 1920,0917,0.28
- Description
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Album leaf. Literature. Xusrau sees Shírín bathing. On paper.
- Production date
- 18thC(early)
- Curator's comments
- Khusrau spies Shirin bathing
From a Khamesh of Nizami
India, Mughal dynasty,
Early 18th century
This painting is an unusually late Mughal version of a famous scene from Nizami's story of Khusrau and Shirin, where the Iranian prince glimpses the Armenian princess bathing in the countryside but is not certain tha she is the princess he has been seeking. Here Shirin epitomizes feminine beauty butlater she is Khusrau's faithful long-suffering consort.
- Location
- On display (G33/dc63)
- Exhibition history
-
2022 Dec - 2023 Jun, London, BM, G33, rotation
- Acquisition date
- 1920
- Acquisition notes
- Folio 15 from an album purchased from Bernard Quaritch on 14 March 1857. Formerly Add 21928 / Or 36d. Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB).
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1920,0917,0.28
