Item Info

Media Type: Paintings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Notes from Amanda Phillips:
The image depicts an elegantlady lounging in a garden with a fountain,served by anotherlady and entertained by female musicians. It is the verso of Lewis O T8 depicting the Mevlevi dervishes. Both paintings are part of a series assembled in the 18th century, most likely in Ottoman Istanbul.The series must have at some point included atleast 35 images but only seven are now known: three at the Berlin Museum of Islamic Art, two at in the collection of Her Highness Aga Khan in Geneva, two at the Philadelphia Free Library.   

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1700
Call Number: Lewis Tu 9