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The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
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Artist | Anonymous |
Organization | Cleveland Museum of Art |
Temporal Coverage | Circa 1670 |
Description | In Islamic texts, as in the Hebrew and Christian Old Testament traditions, Zulaykha is the unnamed wife of Potiphar, a wealthy Egyptian. This scene is from a popular Persian poem that recounts the story of Joseph and Zulaykha as a mystical romance, and describes her visionary dreams of a beautiful lover. In this painting we see the luxuriously dressed Zulaykha asleep on a terrace, reclining on ornate pillows as a vision of her love, Joseph, appears before her. He is illuminated by radiant light cast down by angels emerging from the dark night clouds. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
Subject Keyword | Dream Sleep Zulaykha Mughal Miniature Painting Cleveland Museum of Art |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |