1940.152: Woman in Red and Blue Holding a Spray of Flowers
AlbumsAn 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
- Permissions
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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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