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Khusran and Shimi
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Khusran and Shimi

anonymous · 1500 - 1600 · brush; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A man on horseback pays court to a woman behind a window in a palace; text in Persian in four columns above and below the composition. The composition is framed by a broad faded ivory sheet edge and lies toward the right side of the sheet.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawingPersian miniature
Credit lineKhusran en Shimi. 1500 - 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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