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"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja by Nizami
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"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami · ca. 1430

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Artist

Nizami

Date

ca. 1430

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) Page: H. 11in. (27.9 cm) W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

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Artist authority

Nizami Ganjavi

Persian poet

Lifespan
1141 – 1209
Wikidata
Q234908
VIAF
2474895
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