Cleveland Museum of Art

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets]

Unrecorded artist

1555–65

Attribution

Not recorded by the source.

Medium

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Physical dimensions

Sheet: 32.7 x 21.8 cm (12 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.); Image: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.)

Credit line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund