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Yusuf and Zulaikha
Qajar Persia, circa 1840 AD
Oil on canvas, the hero stands wearing a red jewelled robe, black hat and penumbra, the maiden sits beside him wearing a green jewelled jacket over a red dress and offering him a pomegranate, her maids about her, one in the foreground overcome by his beauty (some areas of restoration)
44½ x 35in. (113 x 89cm.)
Qajar Persia, circa 1840 AD
Oil on canvas, the hero stands wearing a red jewelled robe, black hat and penumbra, the maiden sits beside him wearing a green jewelled jacket over a red dress and offering him a pomegranate, her maids about her, one in the foreground overcome by his beauty (some areas of restoration)
44½ x 35in. (113 x 89cm.)