Turkoman Prisoner
Numerous paintings and drawings of a Turkman prisoner with his hand and head in a type of stock, known as a 'palahang', were produced from the early 16th to the early 17th century. Here the figure is armed only with a dagger, not the sword, bow, arrows and mace of the prisoners in earlier versions. The windswept clouds, light brown, grey and white washes and calligraphic line of this drawing owe a debt to Riza–yi 'Abbasi, who worked in this style in the first decade of the 17th century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Turkoman Prisoner
- Date: ca. 1610
- Geography: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan
- Medium: Ink and transparent watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm)
W. 9 3/16 in. (23.4 cm)
Dimensions of miniature and gold: H. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)
W. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Dimensions of miniature and border: H. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) - Classification: Codices
- Credit Line: Louis V. Bell Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.266.2
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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