"Prince Feasting on a Balcony", Folio from the Davis Album

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late 17th–early 18th century · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

We see a scene of princely leisure with a diverse group of male figures which include beautiful young men, an old sage, and earnest readers of poetry. The delicacies before the princely figures at center include pomegranates, grapes, melon and nuts, with exotic bottles and dishes all around. This scene is based on an earlier version of the same subject in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, with certain figures replaced and reworked.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 17th–early 18th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915