- Material / technique
- Painting
- Attribution / role
- See the museum attribution
- Collection / source
- British Library; discussed by The Met
Artwork notes
A work discussed in the museum’s artist biography, with a strong inherited Persian-style setting.
Materials, marks and colour
Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.
Media and surface
Brush-drawn ink and opaque watercolour allow both sensitive modelling and very fine detail.
Marks and structure
Careful outlines can retain the flat page while small tonal shifts build volume.
Palette and light
Gold grounds and observed natural colour belong to different kinds of commission.