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An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a standing woman on a landscape background with writing above her head and framed by the blank tan page. She wears a long gown that is purple and blue on top and white at the bottom. She wears a large white hat with many details on it.

An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a standing woman on a small, green landscape background with black ink writing above her head and framed by the blank tan page. She is in a rectangle that is on the left side of the page. She wears a long gown that has a long purple jacket on top, a blue vest underneath, and a white skirt that reaches the floor. She wears a pale yellow cloth around her shoulders. She wears a large white hat with small flowers, a pink and blue ribbon, and pink and yellow feathers. Her blonde hair goes down behind her head.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.254
Title
Russian Woman (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Zenanname
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
End of 18th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169436

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
25.1 x 14.5 cm (9 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.254
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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