"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

Mustafa ibn Vali|Sultan Murad III|Mustafa b. Yusuf al-Darir al-Erzerumi

ca. 1595 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

This miniature once belonged to the fourth volume of a six-volume work devoted to the life of the Prophet commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Murad III (r. 1574–95). Depicted are the encounter of the Archangel Gabriel and the shepherd 'Amr ibn Zaid, set against a landscape dominated by rocks and trees.

Artist

Mustafa ibn Vali|Sultan Murad III|Mustafa b. Yusuf al-Darir al-Erzerumi

Date

ca. 1595

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994