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Youth in European Dress and Young Woman with Indian Headdress, from a Shahnamah

Mu'in Musavvir (1638–1697)

The Khalili Collections

Youth in European Dress and Young Woman with Indian Headdress, from a Shahnamah
Youth in European Dress and Young Woman with Indian Headdress, from a Shahnamah
Youth in European Dress and Young Woman with Indian Headdress, from a Shahnamah
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The two drawings fall on the spread separating the first and second volumes of a dispersed copy of Firdawsi's Shahnamah. The works are both signed by Mu'in Musavvir, who was also responsible for other illustrations in the manuscript. The presence of two such figure studies in the middle of a Shahnamah is difficult to explain. The right-hand page of the spread (MSS 1000.1) shows a youth in European (probably Portuguese) dress, with a white lap dog at his foot. The left-hand page (MSS 1000.2) shows a young woman in Safavid costume but with an Indian headdress. The drawings are on a ground of swirling foliage set in the margins with birds and animals, all on gold.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Youth in European Dress and Young Woman with Indian Headdress, from a Shahnamah

Date

1058 AH

Medium

ink, gold & opaque watercolour on paper

Accession number

255

Work type

Drawing

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Mu'in Musavvir

1638–1697

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