File:A scene from the Battle of Karbala, Ottoman Baghdad, circa 1580-90.jpg
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DescriptionA scene from the Battle of Karbala, Ottoman Baghdad, circa 1580-90.jpg |
English: A SCENE FROM THE BATTLE OF KARBALA
OTTOMAN BAGHDAD, CIRCA 1580-90 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the reverse with 18ll. black nasta'liq with headings and key words in red, between gold and polychrome rules, pencil numbers on the reverse Painting 6 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄2in. (16.5 x 11.7cm.); text panel 6 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2in. (16.5 x 8.9cm.); folio 10 x 6in. (25.4 x 15.4cm.) This illustration comes from the Rawdat al-shuhada of Husayn Wa’iz al-Kashifi. This 15th century work gives an account of the twelve Shi’i Imams but is focussed around the events of the Battle of Karbala. In the present scene, we see the companion of Husayn, depicted with the flaming halo, ‘Abdullah bin Muslim bin ‘Aqil, riding into battle to avenge the death of his father Muslim ibn ‘Aqil, where he is martyred. Although at first glance the painting may look to embody the vigour of later 16th century Qazvin painting, the distinctive big heads and small bodies as well as the subject matter point to Baghdad painting, which was stylistically strongly influenced by both Qazvin and Shiraz. As depicted here, a number of known works from Baghdad also have elements extending into the outer margins - especially the upper one - and a similar assemblage of flags can be seen in a depiction of 'Ali fighting in Naharwan from a copy of the Maqtal al-Rasul in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul (inv. T1958,fol.9a; Millstein, Miniature Painting in Ottoman Baghdad, Costa Mesa, 1990, pl.27). Only one other illustrated Rawdat al-shuhada is known, created in Baghdad and held in the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin (inv.729902196) with folio 190r showing a very similar scene to that depicted here. It is quite possible that the text, despite its Shi'i content, caught the attention of Baghdadi painters who illustrated a number of texts on the early martyrs of Islam. An example of such a text is Fuduli's Hadiqat al-Su'ada, a luxurious copy of which produced in Baghdad depicts similar scenes and three folios of this manuscript are now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (inv.539.69; 622.69; 903.69). |
Date | circa 1580-1590 |
Source | https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6361847 |
Author | Christies.com |
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Date and time of data generation | 7 January 2022 |
JPEG file comment | Hi Ilektra,
Please can we also have a crop of the image so it is just the painting without the card frame? Thank you, Barney |
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