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King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami

Islamic · Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), c.1535

Palette

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Artist

Islamic
Tabriz

Date

Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), c.1535

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Size

Image: 18 × 11 cm (7 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 15.7 cm (11 × 6 3/16 in.)

Place

Iran

Period

16th century

Themes

Horses · Birds

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel L. Nickerson Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules