File:Amir Khusraw Dihlavi - Alexander the Great Invents a Mirror - Walters W62389B - Full Page.jpg
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Alexander the Great Invents a Mirror ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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creator QS:P170,Q207817 |
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Title |
Alexander the Great Invents a Mirror |
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Description |
English: On this folio from Walters manuscript W.623, Alexander the Great (Iskandar) invents a mirror that, when mounted on a tower, shows everything within a radius of 60 farsangs and thus enables Alexander's men to attack marauding pirates. |
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Date |
1609 AD (1017 AH) (Safavid dynasty era QS:P2348,Q161205 ) |
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Medium | ink and pigments on laid paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 34.5 cm (13.5 in); width: 22 cm (8.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,34.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,22U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
W.623.89B |
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Place of creation | Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Pearls of the Parrot of India: The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated "Khamsa," 1597-1598. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2005-2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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current | 15:32, 26 March 2012 | 1,090 × 1,800 (249 KB) | File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (died ca. 729 AH/AD 1328) |title = ''Alexander the Great Invents a Mirror'' |description = {{en|On this folio from Walters manuscript W.623, Al... |
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