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This work depicts a geranium plant with several pinkish-red flowers and buds sprouting from a central stem with a number of leaves. The painting has been mounted with three borders: the innermost in blue with gold floral motifs, the middle of orange and gold flowers, and the outermost on tan paper with gold flowers.
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Title: Botanical Painting: Geranium
Date: ca. 1630
Geography: Country of Origin India
Medium: Opaque color on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 6 11/16 × 3 15/16 in. (17 × 10 cm)
Frame: 12 3/8 × 10 × 9/16 in. (31.4 × 25.4 × 1.4 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022
Object Number: 2022.189
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