Object Details
- Label
- When Zulaykha's efforts to seduce Yusuf on her own fail, she lures him into a garden where he is to be entertained by a group of beautiful women. Hoping that Yusuf would desire at least one of them, Zulaykha plans to change places with the chosen one and finally win him. Instead of yielding to the women's charms, however, Yusuf spends the night preaching to them about divine wisdom. In the illustration, the incident takes place in front of a large garden pavilion not mentioned in the text. Zulaykha, visible in the upper right window, watches the nocturnal scene below with great interest.
- Provenance
- To 1946
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]
- From 1946
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- The Seven Thrones of Jami: A Princely Manuscript from Iran (June 28, 1997 to March 29, 1998)
- Exhibition of Persian Art (April to May 1940)
- Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Author
- Jami (died 1492)
- Date
- 1556-1565
- Period
- Safavid period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
