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Zulikha conveying her grief to her attendants at having to leave Yousuf behind, Rajput School

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An image of Miniature. Zulikha conveying her grief to her attendants at having to leave Yousuf behind. Unknown miniaturist, Rajput School. One of sixty six miniatures illustrating a poem on the story of Yusuf and Zulaykha (Joseph and Potiphar's wife). Watercolour, bodycolour including white, pen and ink with gold, on paper, height 160 mm, width 116 mm, early 19th Century. Production Note: The story, taken from the Koran, was much elaborated by Persian poets, and has been very popular in India.

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Miniature. Zulikha conveying her grief to her attendants at having to leave Yousuf behind. Unknown miniaturist, Rajput School. One of sixty six miniatures illustrating a poem on the story of Yusuf and Zulaykha (Joseph and Potiphar's wife). Watercolour, bodycolour including white, pen and ink with gold, on paper, height 160 mm, width 116 mm, early 19th Century. Production Note: The story, taken from the Koran, was much elaborated by Persian poets, and has been very popular in India.

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  • Accession Number: PD.157-1950
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1389 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 205.90kB
  • Exposure time: 1/45
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2014:09:05 11:32:31

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