Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• manuscripts • Islamic art
*Work
Type [link]:
• illumination
*Title:
Two Lovers
*Creator
Display: Riza (Persian, ca. 1565-1635)
*Role
[link]: illuminator [link]:
Riza
*Creation
Date: 1039 anno Hegirae (1630 CE) [controlled]: •
Earliest: 1630 • Latest: 1630
*Subject
[links]: • human figures •
lovers • embracing
*Current
Location [link]: Metropolitan
Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States)
• ID:
50.164
*Measurements:
18.1 x 11.9 cm (7 1/8 x 4 11/16 inches)
[controlled]: • Value:
18.1 Unit:
cm Type: height
| • Value:
11.8 Unit:
cm Type: width
*Materials
and Techniques: tempera, gilt paint
on paper
Material [links]:
• tempera • paper • gilt
paint Technique
[links]: • painting
Inscriptions: signed:
Riza-yi `Abbasi; dated: A.H. 1039
Description: The
artist was working at the court of Shah 'Abbas the
Great (reigned 1588-1629); this work shows his renowned
inventive palette and calligraphic line. The lovers
are drawn as inextricably bound together, merged
volumes confined within one outline.
Description Source
[link]: Metropolitan Museum of Art online.
www.metmuseum.org
; Page: accessed
13 December 2006
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