Image
Muhammad Qasim Tabrizi
King Solomon Enthroned, ca. 1570
Description
Maker
- Muhammad Qasim Tabrizi, d. 1659, Persian
Title
King Solomon Enthroned
Year
ca. 1570
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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22.9 x 14 cm (9 x 5 1/2 inches) miniature
Place
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Istanbul; Iran; Ottoman Empire
Type
Credit
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Museum Appropriation Fund
Object Number
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17.418
About
King Solomon of Israel is depicted on a throne in a luxuriant garden, surrounded by courtiers, angels, demons, animals and flowers. Around the central vignette is a richly illuminated frame, meticulously painted with interlacing vegetal patterns in deep blue, gold, and red, against a background of golden floral tracery inspired by Asian ceramic decoration. With its painstaking craftsmanship and minute detail, the ornamental frame demands as much attention as the image it surrounds.
This sumptuously decorated sheet was once the right half of the frontispiece of a fine Islamic manuscript. Just and wise, Solomon was a popular subject for title-page illustrations in Persian manuscripts.
Istanbul; Iran; Ottoman Empire
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