YUSUF AND ZULAYKHA, SAFAVID SHAHNAMEH, 16TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3006258

Gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, text arranged in four columns above and beneath the painting in black nastaliq script. The reverse side with a text " poems" arranged in four commands with titles in red ink.
Yusuf is extracted from the cistern by his brothers to be sold to the merchants traveling to Egypt.
17 by 22 cm.