Illustrated Folio from a Manuscript of Persian Poetry showing a Ruler on Horseback Witnessing a Birth Scene

• Artist: Islamic (Culture)
• Medium: Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper
• Dates: 1530-1540
• Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. Image: 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.
• Inscriptions: 11 couplets of Persian nastaliw poetry crown the composition alluding to the birth scene.
• Collection: Arts of the Islamic World
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2N12, A506
• Accession Number: 1991.28.1
• Image: 1991.28.1_IMLS_PS3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,