Painting of the Day: “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)

Juan Cole 10/14/2017

Riza-yi `Abbasi (d. 1635) | ( Metropolitan Museum) | – –

The Lovers

Artist: Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565–1635)
Date: dated A.H. 1039/ A.D. 1630
Geography: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan
Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Via Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and an adjunct professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page