File:Sahkulu - Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads - 1944.492 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads  wikidata:Q79901580 reasonator:Q79901580
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Attributed to Şahkulu  (–1556)  wikidata:Q98460120
 
Alternative names
Shāhqulī-i Baghdādī; Shahquli
Description Ottoman painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 1556 Edit this at Wikidata
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Istanbul Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q98460120,P5102,Q230768
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Title
Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads
Object type drawing Edit this at Wikidata
Description
In this masterful drawing, a fierce undulating dragon entangled in swirling foliage is under attack from a lion above while assaulting a phoenix whose body dissolves into floral and foliate forms. The lion’s body undergoes a comparable zoomorphic transformation. This drawing represents the finest of the saz style, admired for elaborately curving flowers and leaves that flourished in the mid-1500s. The style was led by the Iranian-trained artist, Şahkulu, who joined the Ottoman imperial painting atelier in Istanbul in 1526 and became the head of the atelier in 1545. A verse from the Koran, 40:44, is inscribed in the stamp: "And I commit my case unto God."
Date 1526
date QS:P571,+1526-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Ink, gold, opaque watercolors on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 17.3 x 40.2 cm (6 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Islamic Art
Accession number
1944.492 (Cleveland Museum of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman Period, mid-16th century
Credit line Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
References https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.492 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.492

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