Lady with a Turkish Headdress (hotos)

mid-17th century

Not on view

This arch-shaped portrait of a lady in Turkish costume was originally intended for a niche of the same shape in a palace or pleasure pavilion in 17th century Isfahan. It would have been displayed alongside other paintings of men and women dressed in diverse costume within an overall decorative program reflective of the cosmopolitan spirit of Isfahan at the time. These works are among the earliest oil on canvas paintings produced in Iran and precursors of the well-known life-size portraits of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The style is an interesting synthesis of Persian, Indian, and Northern European conventions.

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Title: Lady with a Turkish Headdress (hotos)
Date: mid-17th century
Geography: Made in Iran
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Painting:
H. 60 1/4 in. (153 cm)
W. 36 in. (91.4 cm)
Framed:
H. 65 1/4 in. (165.7 cm)
W. 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchase, 2017 NoRuz at The Met Benefit, 2019
Object Number: 2019.299
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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