A Reclining Courtier Yale University Art Gallery

early 17th century

Riza Abbasi was a leading painter in Isfahan (in present-day Iran) during the early seventeenth century. He specialized in producing single sheets showing languorous youths or amorous couples, which were meant for inclusion in albums assembled by collectors.

Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: image: 6 3/16 × 4 1/8 in. (15.7 × 10.5 cm)
framed: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (33.97 × 21.43 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mary Burns Foss
Accession Number: 1983.94.16
Geography: Iran
Culture: Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Mary Burns Foss (Mrs. Wilson Perkins Foss Jr., 1896–1987), New York, by 1983; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1983

Bibliography

Kishwar Rizvi, "Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 103, fig. 20

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

courtier, reclining

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