"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Sultan Muhammad Nur|Mahmud Muzahib|Shaikh Zada|Nizami
Artist bio: Iranian, ca. 1472–ca. 1536|Iranian, ca. 1500–1560|Iranian, active 1510–1550|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Artist role: Calligrapher|Calligrapher|Artist|Author
Artist nationality: Iranian|Iranian|Iranian| 
Date: A.H. 931/1524–25 CE
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
                W. 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
Page: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
          W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 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: Horses|Women|Men|Goats