Botanical Painting: Geranium

Unknown

ca. 1630 · Opaque color on paper · Islamic Art

This work depicts a geranium plant with several pinkish-red flowers and buds sprouting from a central stem with a number of leaves. The painting has been mounted with three borders: the innermost in blue with gold floral motifs, the middle of orange and gold flowers, and the outermost on tan paper with gold flowers.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1630

Medium

Opaque color on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks Gift; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Mossavar-Rahmani Fund for Iranian Art and funds from various donors, 2022