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Summary

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (

)

Artist



Alternative names	Niẓām ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, Nizami Ganje'i, Niẓāmī, Nezāmi, فارسی: نظامی گنجوی
Description	Persian poet, writer and philosopher
Date of birth/death	circa 1141	1209
Location of birth/death	Ganja	Ganja
Authority file	: Q234908 VIAF: 2474895 ISNI: 0000000121178439 LCCN: n80115655 NLA: 35688398 MusicBrainz: f0afc9b0-183d-4606-82d9-a4a38ec83a23 WorldCat

Title

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Description

Date

A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)

               W. 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)

Page: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)

         W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)

Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)

W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Islamic Art

Accession number

13.228.7.5

Credit line

Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

Source/Photographer

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