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A work made of ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.

Khosrow and Shirin in a Garden, a Scene from the Khamsa of Nizami

Islamic · Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736), late 16th/early 17th century

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Palette

Biscuit
 79% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Tan
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Bone white
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.1:1
Slate
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Blue-grey
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.6:1
Burnt orange
 1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.2:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Islamic
Date
Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736), late 16th/early 17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Size
18.5 × 11.5 cm (7 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.); 49.9 × 39.7 × 4.2 cm (19 5/8 × 15 5/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
Place
Iran
Period
16th century
Themes
Gardens
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 75, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Valentine. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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