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Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
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Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506), artist · c. 1485 · opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

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The painting is the left side of a double composition; at the upper left are musicians who provide ambient entertainment. A cook prepares meat over a brazier, while a servant brings kebab on a shallow bowl. The unfinished state of this painting reveals the artist's process of creating underdrawings that are filled with color. The verso has an example of calligraphy.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLeft side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1485. Style of Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1944.490
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