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Khusraw outside Shirin's palace
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Description
The story of Khusraw and Shirin, one of the five poems that compose Nizami’s Khamsa or Quintet, recounts the love between the Sasanian king Khusraw and the Armenian princess Shirin. In the painting decorating this page, Shirin refuses to allow Khusraw in her castle on the account of his bad behaviour. The flirtatious behaviour of the young prince upset the princess who decided she would accept his courtship again only if treated with respect. Khusraw eventually returned to her castle with a marriage proposal.
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Details
- Series
- Quintet
- Associated place
- Date
- late 15th century
- Artist/maker
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Nizami Ganjavi (1141 - 1209) (author)
- Associated people
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Khusraw II, King of Persia (ruled AD 590 - 628) (subject)Shirin, Princess of Armenia (died AD 628) (subject)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- page 25.7 x 15.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Christopher T. Gandy, 2012.
- Accession no.
- EA2012.38
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Lure of the East: Selections from the Christopher Gandy Collection
(from 15th Apr until 27th Jul 2014)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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