"Yusuf is Drawn Up from the Well", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
Artist bio: Iranian, Jam 1414–92 Herat
Artist role: Author
Artist nationality: Iranian
Date: second half 16th century
Medium: Opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
                 W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Page: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
            W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Attributed to Shiraz   Iran  
Credit line: Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Accession year: 1957
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