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"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Farid al-Din `Attar

Maximum print size

22.1 × 32.8 cm · 8.7 × 12.9 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,597 × 3,876 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 22.1 × 32.8 cm · 8.7 × 12.9 in
Mat border, sides: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.1 cm · 3.6 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1600
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Type: Codices
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Ducks, Men, Peacocks, Poetry
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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