dated 1664-65
Town Isfahan,
Iran
Iran
Object qualities
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Objectillustration: Illustrated album leaf
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Author of the objectMuhammad Zaman
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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SizePage: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm) W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
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Geography detailsMade in
Town Isfahan,
Iran -
Country today
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Datedated 1664-65
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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This painting by the late Safavid painter Muhammad Zaman depicts two scholars and their Indian attendants who confer by candlelight. Signed and dated “the year 7”, this work may have been executed in the seventh year of the emperor Aurangzeb, recording the first of two comets sighted in the northern hemisphere in December 1664 and April 1665. Scholars have suggested that perhaps Muhammad Zaman produced this image in India, or that he painted it in Iran in his eclectic style, which combined European and Mughal Indian elements.
