"Khusrau and Shirin Conversing in Landscape at Night", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Nizami, ca. 1625–30
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"Khusrau and Shirin Conversing in Landscape at Night", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Author Nizami (present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja)

ca. 1625–30

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on unpolished paper
Classification
Codices
Dimensions
Page: H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm) W. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm) Painting a: H. 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) W. 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm) Painting b: H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm) W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Culture
India
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Gift of Wendy Findlay, 1982
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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