Man Hunting with Falcon and Retinue

Datec. 1880

Place MadeIran (Persia)

Mediumminiature egg tempera on paper

Dimensionsboard: 11 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (28.3 × 18.7 cm)

Classificationspainting

Credit LineGift of Mabel Dodge Luhan

Object number1980.0094.0000

DescriptionFive men (four men, one woman?), three on horseback. The central figure in the middleground holds a falcon and is shaded by an umbrella held by a figure behind him on the right. The figure in the left foreground holds a club and walks ahead of a (female?) figure mounted on a gray horse. The fifth figure stands between the other two groups. An animal stands on the hill behind them. Scroll like clouds in a gold sky.

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