"Two Old Men in Discussion Outside a Hut", Folio from the Davis Album

dated 1085 AH/1674–75 CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 462

Like several other folios in the Davis album, this painting is framed by a border of naturalistically rendered sprays of flowers in vibrant colors. Here, the artist blends Persian, Indian and European modes of painting: the composition and treatment of the faces is Indian, the style is European in character, featuring one-point perspective, chiaroscuro and modeling. The composition is based on another painting in this album, "A Nighttime Gathering," by Muhammad Zaman, whose distinctive farangi-sazi (European mode) style was influential in the late seventeenth century.

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Title: "Two Old Men in Discussion Outside a Hut", Folio from the Davis Album
Artist: Painting by 'Ali Quli Jabbadar (Iranian, active second half 17th century)
Date: dated 1085 AH/1674–75 CE
Geography: Attributed to Iran
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm)
W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.95.174.3
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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