"Khizr Comes to the Ascetic's Cell", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
ca. 1450 · Ink and opaque watercolor on paper · Islamic Art
This painting illustrates an episode from a five-part poem written by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi between 1298 and 1302. In the painting, a young man named Khizr is admonished by an ascetic to be faithful and disregard the opinion of others. The page comes from a book attributed to northern India in the fifteenth century, although it displays many features of contemporary Iranian painting, such as large-scale plants and a single-color background.
- Artist
- Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
- Date
- ca. 1450
- Medium
- Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kraus, 1976
