ID: 700000067 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000067	Record Type: Movable Work
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Two Lovers (Illumination; Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565–1635); 1039 anno Hegirae (1630 CE); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 50.164; )

Note: Illustrated single work. Creation place, Attributed to Iran, Isfahan. The artist Riza‑yi 'Abbasi revolutionized Persian painting and drawing with his inventive use of calligraphic line and unusual palette. He painted The Lovers toward the end of a long, successful career at the Safavid court. The subject of a couple entwined reflects a newly relaxed attitude to sensuality introduced in the reign of Shah Safi (r. 1629–42). Here the figures are inextricably bound together, merged volumes confined within one outline.

Titles:

Two Lovers (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

Illumination (visual work) [300264522] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

Classifications:

books (preferred)

Islamic art

manuscripts

Creation Date: 1039 anno Hegirae (1630 CE)

Creator Display:

Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565–1635) [preferred,VP]

illuminator Abbasi, Riza (Persian painter, draftsman, and court artist, ca. 1565-1635) [500116631]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 50.164

Credit Line: Purchase, Francis M. Weld Gift, 1950

Other: Creation: Eşfahān [7017459] Eṣfahān province (province), Iran (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

	gouache (paint) [300070114]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

Dimensions: Painting: H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm) W. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Page: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) W. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm); Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Cultures:

Islamic (preferred)

Persian

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	lovers [300188621]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

	embracing [300343597]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

Provenance: Friedrich Sarre, Berlin (by 1910–d. 1945); his wife, Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland, (until 1950; sold to Paul Kempner forMMA)

Inscriptions: Signature: Signed and dated by Riza-yi `Abbasi Inscription: Signature and date in Persian in nasta‘liq script: در روز 3 شنبه هشتم شهر شوال/ با إقبال سنهٔ 1039 به إتمام رسید. رقم کمینه رضاء عباسى/ ه Completed on Tuesday, eighth of Shawwal, from the fortunate year of A.H. 1039 [May 21, 1630 A.D.]. Painted by the humble Riza-yi ‘Abbasi

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Two Lovers	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... CDWA online (1995-) accessed 5 July 2005

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 13 March 2018, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451023