"Zulaikha Seizing the Skirt of Joseph's Robe", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Author Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami Iranian

1523–24

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Title: "Zulaikha Seizing the Skirt of Joseph's Robe", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami
Author: Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami (Iranian, Jam 1414–92 Herat)
Date: 1523–24
Geography: Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Page: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
W. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm)
Mat: H.19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Joseph arriving in Egypt
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Object Number: 13.228.5.4
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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