ManuscriptsPersian15th century

Shirin goes to Mount Bistun and meets Farhad (text recto; painting verso of folio 77), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam

1489

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Culture

Persian

Period

Aq Qoyunlu period

Century

15th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Provenance

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.