"Bahram Gur in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 207 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaikh Zada|Nizami
A.H. 931/1524–25 CE · Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper · Islamic Art
The artist has used the color black, which according to the text, should be all-pervasive, with elegant restraint. He has, like a skilled haute-couturier, avoided somberness and set off the black by contrasting it with both bright colors and light shades. Also its use in each costume and in the dome and spandrels of the architecture effectively unifies the composition. The air of courtly leisure in this miniature is particularly apparent.
- Artist
- Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaikh Zada|Nizami
- Date
- A.H. 931/1524–25 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
