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Interior Scene with Figures

Persian School

The Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Interior Scene with Figures

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This painting is part of the founding collection given to the University of Oxford by General Pitt-Rivers in 1884. The scene depicted is probably from a mystical romance or historic epic, which were popular subjects in Persian painting. For a long time this picture, which is painted on a wooden board, was in a gilt frame. When it was selected for a new display in 2008, staff in the Museum’s conservation department took it out of the frame to examine its condition. They discovered that a narrow leather panel was attached to one side of the board, suggesting that originally it was not produced as a picture to hang on the wall, but as a cover for a book or album.

The Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Oxford

Title

Interior Scene with Figures

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 31.4 x W 49 cm

Accession number

1884.117.63

Acquisition method

gift, before 1884

Work type

Painting

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