"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet), by Painting by Mustafa ibn Vali, ca. 1595
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"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

Painting by Mustafa ibn Vali

Patron Commissioned by Sultan Murad III

Author Mustafa b. Yusuf al-Darir al-Erzerumi

ca. 1595

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Classification
Codices
Dimensions
H. 14 9/16 in. (37 cm) W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Culture
Turkey
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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