The Persian Miniatures Collection of the Rijksmuseum, a Hidden Treasure Trove

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-71627-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Reihe: Studies in Persian Cultural History

The present book offers an elaborate art historical study of the collection of Persian miniatures at the Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam. The collection includes detached folios, which are the most significant in any Dutch collection. The artworks, catalogued thorougly in this book for the first time, range in date from the thirteenth century until the early twentieth century, and cover diverse subject matters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sajadi, Forough

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Abbreviated Names of Manuscript Collections

About the Author

Introduction

1 An Overview of the Collection

2 History of the Collection

Historical Overview

1 The Early Islamic Era: Pre-Mongol Period

2 The Mongol Period

3 The Injuid and Muzaffarid Dynasties

4 Jalayirid Period

5 Timurid and Turkmen Periods (the Qara Qoyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu)

6 Safavid Period

7 Post-Safavid Era

Guide to the Catalogue Entries

Part 1: Catalogue

The Early Period: The Pre-Mongol Period

1 One Page of Khawass al-ashjar (The Characteristics of Trees)

The Mongol Period

1 ‘Harish’, One Page of Manafi' al-hayawan (The Benefits of Animals)

2 Two Pages of Kitab-i Hakim Jamasp (The Book of Jamasp the Sage)

3 ‘Isfandiyar’s Fifth Labour: He Kills the Simurgh’, One Page of Shahnama

4 ‘Mihr Hurmuzd Murders Khusrau Parviz’, One Page of Shahnama

The Timurid and Turkmen Period

1 ‘The Second Combat: Giv Stuns Guruy Zirih’, One Page of Shahnama

2 ‘Minuchihr Defeats the Army of Salm and Tur’, One Page of Shahnama

3 ‘Khusrau Receives Gul’s Letter’, One Page of Khusraunama

4 ‘Rustam Kills Shaghad before Dying’, One Page of Shahnama

5 ‘Shiruya Sends a Message to Khusrau Parviz’, One Page of Shahnama

6 ‘Rustam’s Seventh Labour: He Kills the White Div’, One Page from Shahnama

7 ‘A Convivial Gathering in the Garden’, One Page of Divan of Shahi

8 ‘Meeting the Intimate in the Garden’, One Page of Fatihat al-shabab

9 Two Pages of Khamsa of Nizami

10 Two Detached Pages, Depictions of Majnun

The Safavid Period

1 ‘Muhammad Converses with God in Heaven’, One Page of Mirajnama

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Über Autor(innen)

Forough Sajadi, Ph.D. (2021), University of Warsaw, is a scholar of Islamic art at Leiden University. Her research focuses on Persian paintings in Dutch collections, and include Re-examining a Persian Miniature: Two Young Men in an Erotic Embrace (KVVAK:2022).