Garden Scene with Princes and Attendants, 15th century
Unknown artist, Iran or Turkeyexpand_more
Ink, colors, and gold on paperexpand_more
Gift of Mr. C. C. Webberexpand_more 41.58.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
A beautiful arrangement of forms and richly orchestrated colors, rather than the illustration of a specific narrative, distinguishes this lovely miniature. The romantic fairyland world it depicts is drawn from the work of the well-known Persian author Sa'di. The mystical-didactic writings of Sufi poet-scholars Sa'di (13th century) and Tamu (d. 1492) were immensely popular. Accordingly, miniature paintings based on their verse often served as visual metaphors for a spiritual union with the divine by representing the physical union of two lovers—in this case, two princes.
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- Title
- Garden Scene with Princes and Attendants
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 41.58.2
- Curator Approved
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