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"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

Painting by Mustafa ibn Vali
Patron Commissioned by Sultan Murad III Turkish
Author Mustafa b. Yusuf al-Darir al-Erzerumi Turkish, active Cairo
ca. 1595
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460
This miniature once belonged to the fourth volume of a six-volume work devoted to the life of the Prophet commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Murad III (r. 1574–95). Depicted are the encounter of the Archangel Gabriel and the shepherd 'Amr ibn Zaid, set against a landscape dominated by rocks and trees.

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Object Information
  • Title: "The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)
  • Artist: Painting by Mustafa ibn Vali
  • Patron: Commissioned by Sultan Murad III (Turkish, Manisa 1546–1595 Istanbul; ruled 1574–95)
  • Author: Mustafa b. Yusuf al-Darir al-Erzerumi (Turkish, active Cairo, late 14th century)
  • Date: ca. 1595
  • Geography: Made in Turkey, Istanbul
  • Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: H. 14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
    W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.141
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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