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An opaque watercolor painting of a woman standing and wearing a blue dress with a red covering. She holds a thin flower in one of her hands. She is framed by a white line, which is inside a larger yellow rectangle. The entire framing is decorated with a small, golden pattern.

An opaque watercolor painting of a standing woman on a tan background and faces to the viewer’s right. She wears a long blue garment that covers her legs and arms, a yellow undershirt, and a long, short-sleeved red garment that goes to the floor. Her black hair is shown down around her face. She holds a thin, tan flower in her left hand and her right arm is bent up towards it. She is shown on the left side and framed by a white line, which is inside a larger yellow rectangle. The entire framing is decorated with a small, golden pattern.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.152
Title
Woman in Red and Blue Holding a Spray of Flowers
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
16th century
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216512

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Warrington
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.152
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 119

Verification Level

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