Cleveland Museum of Art
Youth Holding a Pomegranate; Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript
Riza-yi Abbasi
- Date
- c.1600–1650
- Medium
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Culture
- Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This single painting of a youth holding a favored pomegranate reflects the style of the most gifted painter at the court of Shah ‘Abbas, Riza-yi ‘Abbasi, whose work inspired numerous adaptations and copies by other artists. In this painting, the youth is attired less extravagantly—with less gold thread than those in the two paintings nearby—presumably conveying a lower status. Gold thread was so expensive that rulers occasionally burned old fabrics for the monetary value of the gold.
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