Painting

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a prince and his lover, perhaps Khusrau and Shirin, seated together attended by maidservants. Based on a 17th century Persian illlustration from a romance. A prince and his lover, perhaps Khusrau and Shirin, seated together attended by maidservants.

Kind

artefact

Date

1700–1799 CE