Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Nizami, 15th century
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Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

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

15th century

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Classification
Codices
Dimensions
H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Culture
Iran
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art