Velvet Fragment with Design from Nizami of Ganja's Khusrau and Shirin

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 16th century
Medium: Silk; cut velvet
Dimensions: Textile: L. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm) W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) Mount: L. 20 in. (50.8 cm) W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) Wt. 4 lbs. (1.8 kg)
Origin: Iran
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #986D41 · 35%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #DDC8B1 · 13%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #4C401F · 12%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C1A381 · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AF895A · 10%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #271A0B · 8%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #765230 · 5%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #7B2E15 · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #666643 · 2%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A59686 · 1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #827156 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #984325 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #4C0A17 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D9CAAA · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #334025 · <1%

Press Black · Black family · #171214 · <1%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #1D1F1C · <1%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #9B5E56 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Purchase, The Seley Foundation Inc., Schimmel Foundation Inc., Ruth Blumka and Charles D. Kelekian Gifts, and Rogers Fund, 1978

12 tags

Nude Both · 96%

Female nudes are listed as a cataloged subject, and nude or minimally clothed human figures are visibly represented among the vegetation.
Bathers Metadata · 82%

Bathing is explicitly listed among the museum’s subjects, although the surviving image does not clearly establish the specific bathing activity.
Animals Both · 99%

The catalog lists Female Nudes, Horses, and Bathing, while a horse is clearly visible at the left side of the fragment.
Flora Visual · 98%

Branching stems, leaves, blossoms, and numerous rounded green botanical motifs occupy much of the fragment.
Narrative Interpretive · 80%

The combination of human figures, a horse, and an enveloping botanical setting forms a legible figural scene rather than a purely nonfigurative textile pattern; the catalog title connects it to Khusrau and Shirin.

Dense Composition Visual · 90%

The composition is substantially occupied by intertwined vegetation, figures, and the horse, with motifs distributed across most of the textile surface.
Patterns Visual · 98%

Repeated branching stems, leaves, blossoms, and rounded green motifs create a decorative patterned vocabulary across the textile.
Earth Tones Visual · 96%

The dominant palette is tan, ochre, and brown, with subdued green, red, burgundy, cream, orange, and black accents.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The museum dates the fragment to the sixteenth century.

Textile Arts Metadata · 99%

The museum classifies the object as a textile fragment and identifies its medium as silk and cut velvet.
Use of Fabric Metadata · 99%

Silk and cut velvet are identified as the medium, and the image directly shows a fabric support.

Unknown artist. Velvet Fragment with Design from Nizami of Ganja's Khusrau and Shirin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.