Two Youths Romping

Unknown

late 16th century · Ink, pencil, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

This line drawing, tinted with greenish tan, depicts two youths playing and frolicking, with one boy grasping the other from behind. The figures wear small turbans with gold highlights, one with a tassel and the other with a blue appendage, and garments decorated with floral motifs. The drawing was done in the Qazvin style after Shaykh Muhammad, but it does not exhibit the master’s expert skill.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 16th century

Medium

Ink, pencil, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, The Friends of the Department of Islamic Art Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Straka Gift, 1978