"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Maulana Azhar|Nizami
Artist bio: died 1475/76|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Artist role: Calligrapher|Author
Artist nationality:  | 
Date: ca. 1430
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
                W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Page: H. 11in. (27.9 cm)
           W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan  
Credit line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Wells|Men|Deserts|Trees