Minneapolis Institute of Art
Garden Scene with Princes and Attendants
Possibly Persia (Iran); or Turkey
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- Ink, colors, and gold on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
A beautiful arrangement of forms and richly orchestrated colors, rather than the illustration of a specific narrative, distinguishes this lovely miniature. The romantic fairyland world it depicts is drawn from the work of the well-known Persian author Sa'di. The mystical-didactic writings of Sufi poet-scholars Sa'di (13th century) and Tamu (d. 1492) were immensely popular. Accordingly, miniature paintings based on their verse often served as visual metaphors for a spiritual union with the divine by representing the physical union of two lovers—in this case, two princes. Iran, Turkey, Asia
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