"Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha 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: 1523–24
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
                 W. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Page: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
           W.6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
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Classification: Codices
Geography: Attributed to Bukhara   present-day Uzbekistan  
Credit line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Animals|Men