"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm) W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Page: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm) W. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
- Origin
- present-day Afghanistan
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1917
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Both · 99%
The catalog lists men as a subject, and the miniature visibly contains numerous human figures distributed throughout the garden.
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Movement Both · 99%
The catalog identifies dancing, and many figures visibly bend, turn, extend their arms, or adopt other animated poses.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 98%
The human figures are situated among flowering trees, plants, and a garden-like natural setting.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 99%
Repeated floral and scrolling motifs cover the surrounding page and recur in the garden and ornamental borders.
Medium and Techniques
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Manuscript Both · 100%
The work is classified as a folio from an illustrated manuscript and as a codex; the image visibly shows a framed miniature within a decorated folio page.
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Painting Both · 100%
The catalog specifies opaque watercolor and gold on paper, and the central image is visibly a painted miniature.
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Watercolor Both · 99%
Opaque watercolor is explicitly recorded in the catalog medium and is consistent with the dense, opaque colored passages visible in the miniature.
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Miniature and Small-Scale Paintings Both · 99%
The painting is 16 by 10.8 centimeters according to the catalog and is visibly a highly detailed small-scale image contained within a larger page.
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Work on Paper Both · 100%
The catalog identifies paper as the support, and the painted folio leaf visibly surrounds the miniature.
Time Periods
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15th Century Art Both · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1480, placing it in the fifteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Asian Art Metadata · 97%
The catalog gives the place of origin as present-day Afghanistan, a geographic location within Asia.
Materials
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Gold Both · 95%
Gold is specified in the catalog medium, and gold-colored decoration is visibly present in the miniature's borders and details.
Source & rights
Hafiz. "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.