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"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Farid al-Din `Attar · 1142–1220

Maximum print size

21.8 × 33.5 cm · 8.6 × 13.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,581 × 3,953 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 21.8 × 33.5 cm · 8.6 × 13.2 in
Mat border, sides: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1600
Medium: Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Type: Codices
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Men, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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