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鳥の集いファリッド・アル=ディン・アッタールによる、「マンティック・アル=タイール」からのフォリオ

Painting by Habiballah of Sava Iranian
Author Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian

1600年頃

Not on view

このフォリオの挿絵は12 世紀イランの詩人、ファリッド・アル=ディン・アッタールによる、神秘的叙事詩、「マンティック・アル=タイール」(鳥の言葉)の一場面を表したものです。シムルグ(究極的な霊的統一を表す神話の鳥)を探し求める魂を象徴する鳥が、中央右の岩にとまっているヤツガシラの指揮で巡礼を始めるため、牧歌的な風景の中に集まっています。注意深く練られた調和のある構図は、同じくこの本のなかにある15 世紀後半のティムール朝の細密画の様式と共通しています。しかしながら、物語には無関係の狩人がいること、イランで16 世紀になって使われるようになった武器、そして16世紀末–17世紀初頭の画家、ハビブ・アッラーの署名という3つの要素から、この作品が細密画より後に書かれたものであることが分かります。

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Painting by Habiballah of Sava (Iranian, active ca. 1590–1610), Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

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Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

Detail: center right, birds.

題: 鳥の集いファリッド・アル=ディン・アッタールによる、「マンティック・アル=タイール」からのフォリオ

アーティスト: サヴァのハビブ・アッラーイラン、活動期1590–1610頃

月日: 1600年頃

地理: イラン、イスファハン

手法: 紙に不透明水彩、インク、銀箔、金箔

寸法: 33 x 20.8 cm

提供者: フレッチャー基金、1963年

受け入れ番号: 63.210.11

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