"Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja835 AH/1431–32 CE
Ja'far Baisunghuri painted this in 835 AH/1431–32 CE. It is now at The Met in New York. More about this work
About this work
Ja'far Baisunghuri painted this in 835 AH/1431–32 CE. It is now at The Met in New York.
How it was made
- Opaque watercolour
- Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- Watercolour
- Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- Ink on paper
- Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.
Ja'far Baisunghuri
Iranian, active Herat, first half 15th century
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Met has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1994.232.4
- Credit
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Type
- Codices
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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