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Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives

mid-16th century
Not on view
This stunning textile is one of a group of thirteen bearing related scenes of Safavid courtiers and their captives—Georgian nobles, women, and children seized during four military campaigns between 1540 and 1553. Metal-wrapped thread was employed as an additional color in the palette. Now lost, it once embellished the captor’s shirt and horse in the top row and the costume of the captive in the middle and bottom rows.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives
  • Date: mid-16th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran
  • Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas
  • Dimensions: Textile: L. 47 1/2 in. (120.7 cm)
    W. 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm)
    Mount: L. 53 in. (134.6 cm)
    W. 32 1/8 in. (81.6 cm)
    D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
    Wt. 31 lbs. (14.1 kg)
  • Classification: Textiles-Woven
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.20.12
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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