Painting
ca. 1500 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustrated manuscript page from the Iskandarnama of Nizami. The text on both sides is written in nasta'liq in four columns. The illustration at the foot of one side shows two men carrying a draped bier from which a hand protrudes, against a yellow background with stylized plants in red and pink. They are preceded by a man leading a horse and followed by three male mourners; the procession is going leftwards.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, manuscript page, Iskandarnama of Nizami, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Northern India, ca. 1500 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustrated manuscript page from the Iskandarnama of Nizami. The text on both sides is written in nasta'liq in four columns. The illustration at the foot of one side shows two men carrying a draped bier from which a hand protrudes, against a yellow background with stylized plants in red and pink. They are preceded by a man leading a horse and followed by three male mourners; the procession is going leftwards. |
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| Content description | Two men carrying a draped bier from which a hand protrudes, against a yellow background with stylised plants in red and pink. They are preceded by a man leading a horse and followed by three male mourners; the procession is going leftwards. |
| Gallery label | PAGE FROM THE ISKANDARNAMA OF NIZAMI
Opaque watercolour and ink on paper. Sultanate, North India, c. 1500
FUNERAL OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
IS.31-1980
After the capture of Delhi in 1192, Muslim rule was
established in North India. A ‘Sultanate’ style eventually
emerged in architecture and painting. Although often
based on Iranian models, the paintings show varying
degrees of Indian influence in the treatment of colour,
composition and other details.
This manuscript page is from the Iskandarnama, an
epic poem in Persian on the mythologised life of
Alexander the Great. It was written by the great poet
Nizami (1141–1209).(27/9/2013) |
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| Bibliographic reference | pp. 155-157
Welch, S. Carey and M.C. Beach. Gods, Thrones and Peacocks, New York, 1965, no. 2. |
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| Accession number | IS.31-1980 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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