Single Leaf of Plowing and Selling Produce
Manner of Reza Abbasi / Attributed to Muhammadi
This drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.749, was executed in Safavid Iran, most probably in the late 10th century AH/AD 16th, in Qazvin or Isfahan. Above, a farmer plows; below, a seated young man watches a produce seller weigh his purchase. On the rocks in the center foreground is inscribed the name of one of the most famous painters in Iran in the 11th century AH/AD 17th, Riza 'Abbasi (active 1001-1044 AH/AD 1591-1592 to 1634). As the handwriting does not match that of the artist, an admirer of Riza's work seems to have attributed the drawing to him. The execution and the bucolic subject matter of this drawing relate closely to the oeuvre of the Persian artist Muhammadi Haravi (active late 10th century AH/AD 16th), who worked in Qazvin. It is possible that this composition was conceived as a manuscript page.
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Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Rural Life Both · 99%
The upper scene visibly shows a farmer plowing with oxen, while the lower scene shows a produce seller weighing goods; the catalog identifies both activities.
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Work and Workers Both · 98%
Agricultural labor and the work of a produce seller are central to the depicted scenes and are explicitly described in the catalog.
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Animals Both · 99%
Two oxen are clearly visible in the upper scene and are identified by the catalog as part of the plowing activity.
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Food Both · 92%
The lower scene includes produce being weighed and sold, directly supporting food and agricultural goods as subject matter.
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Scenes of Everyday Life Both · 94%
The leaf depicts ordinary agricultural and marketplace activity involving several figures, consistent with the catalog’s description of its bucolic subject matter.
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Flora Visual · 99%
The surrounding field is densely populated by flowering stems, leaves, blossoms, seed-like forms, and scrolling botanical motifs.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 98%
The outer field is organized through repeated botanical motifs and recurring floral forms, producing a strongly patterned decorative surround.
Medium and Techniques
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Manuscript Both · 96%
The object is cataloged as a manuscript or decorative-art work and visibly consists of a single decorated leaf with a framed pictorial panel.
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Drawing Both · 99%
The Walters description calls the object a drawing, and the image is visibly dominated by delicate contour lines with limited washes.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 94%
The catalog gives a late-sixteenth- to early-seventeenth-century date and considers the late tenth century AH, or sixteenth century CE, most probable.
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17th Century Art Metadata · 70%
The catalog date range extends from the late sixteenth into the early seventeenth century, although a sixteenth-century origin is considered more likely.
Geographic Regions
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Iranian Art Metadata · 97%
The catalog identifies the work as executed in Safavid Iran, probably in Qazvin or Isfahan.
Source & rights
Manner of Reza Abbasi / Attributed to Muhammadi. Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork
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- Original image ↗ 1,265 × 1,800 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed