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Unknown Maker, Iranian

Beginning of Joseph’s brothers jealousy and separating him from his father, (Aghaze Hasad Bordane Akhavan va Dour Andakhtan Yousof Ra Az Pishe Pedar آغاز حسد بردن اخوان و دور انداختن یوسف از پیش پدر)

Maker

Unknown Maker, Iranian

Culture

Iranian

Title

Beginning of Joseph’s brothers jealousy and separating him from his father, (Aghaze Hasad Bordane Akhavan va Dour Andakhtan Yousof Ra Az Pishe Pedar آغاز حسد بردن اخوان و دور انداختن یوسف از پیش پدر)
Leaf from the book Yousof Va Zoleykha
(یوسف و زلیخا)
by Poet Jaami (جامی)

Period

Safavid

Year

Late 1500s-Early 1600s

Medium

  • opaque watercolor and gold on paper mounted as an album page

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • opaque watercolor and gold on paper mounted as an album page

Materials

watercolor, gold

Supports

  • paper mounted as an album page

Geography

Place Made: Shiraz; Origin: Iran

Dimensions

16.2 x 8.1 cm (6 3/8 x 3 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed number in ink on label adhered verso, bottom left: 402

Inscription Text/Poem: The title in upper side of the folio in Persian:

آغاز حسد بردن اخوان و دور انداختن یوسف را از پیش پدر

Translation: Beginning of Joseph’s brothers jealousy and separating him from his father

(translated by Mohadeseh Salari Sardari, PhD student, Brown University, 2023)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

17.505

Type

  • Paintings

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Unknown Maker, Iranian
Beginning of Joseph’s brothers jealousy and separating him from his father, (Aghaze Hasad Bordane Akhavan va Dour Andakhtan Yousof Ra Az Pishe Pedar آغاز حسد بردن اخوان و دور انداختن یوسف از پیش پدر); Leaf from the book Yousof Va Zoleykha (یوسف و زلیخا) by Poet Jaami (جامی) , Late 1500s-Early 1600s
opaque watercolor and gold on paper mounted as an album page
16.2 x 8.1 cm (6 3/8 x 3 3/16 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 17.505

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