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St. Petersburg Album, top left: Iran, c. 1740; top right: Iran, c. 1748; bottom left: India, 18th century; bottom right: India, 18th century; borders: Iran

Colorful painting with a border of blooming flowers of varying types. At center are four rectangular images, arranged with borders as if in a quilt. The bottom two feature medium-skinned men in colorful attire, standing and facing each other. The upper two show the upper bodies of two other men, also facing each other.
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  • Colorful painting with a border of blooming flowers of varying types. At center are four rectangular images, arranged with borders as if in a quilt. The bottom two feature medium-skinned men in colorful attire, standing and facing each other. The upper two show the upper bodies of two other men, also facing each other.

Date:

Portraits: Top left: Iran, c. 1740; top right: Iran, c. 1748; bottom left: India, 18th century; bottom right: India, 18th century; Calligraphy: Iran, late 16th century; Borders: Iran, mid–18th century

Artist:

India and Iran

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

St. Petersburg Album, top left: Iran, c. 1740; top right: Iran, c. 1748; bottom left: India, 18th century; bottom right: India, 18th century; borders: Iran

Place

India (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1625–1800

Medium

Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Image: 24.7 × 15.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.); Outermost Border: 15.4 × 29.7 cm (6 1/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Paper: 47.4 × 30.8 cm (18 3/4 × 12 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1919.952

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