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

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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