ManuscriptsOttoman16th century
Majnun as a Sheep Looking at Layla (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Mantiq al-Tayr (Conference of the Birds) by Farid al-Din Attar (d. 1221)
16th century
Dimensions
folio: 17 x 11 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Possibly Hans Kraus, New York (20th century). [G. Zalkowitsch, London, April 1982], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1982, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
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