Uzbek Prisoner Artist: Unknown

late 18th–19th century

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Portraits of Uzbek prisoners in yokes appeared in Persian painting as early as the sixteenth century, and the motif continued as a theme into the nineteenth century. Members of an ethnic group from Central Asia, Uzbeks are identified by their style of clothing and weaponry. The inscriptions at either side of the painting mention the travels of the army from place to place.

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions

image: 8 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (22 × 24.3 cm)
13 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (34.5 × 24.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Burns Foss

Accession Number

1983.94.9

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

Qajar dynasty (1789–1925)

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
M. Sevadjian, Paris; # W 1494 ILL 43.567 Mary Burns Foss (Mrs. Wilson P. Foss Jr.) (1896–1987); gift in 1983 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations)

Subject

Uzbek prisoner

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