Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Head of a Beauty India, Mughal school, 18th century Date: c....





Head of a Beauty





Date: c. 1750


Inscription: recto, upper center, in Persian: So exquisite that to call you beautiful would be a travesty of the word; it is magic personified that has been exhibited in this painting. Bottom center in Persian: Picture of a beauty.


The Cleveland Museum of Art




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