Portrait of the Imam
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Basic information
- ID
- Ж-672
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Portrait of the Imam
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 32.5 x 24.3
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Provenance
- the Dzieduszycki collection
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Object description
Imam is the title of the head of a Muslim province, as well as an honorary title for a Muslim scholar and theologian who leads prayers in a mosque, or other places of prayer. He is depicted in full-length, facing left. He is dressed in a red cloth upper garment, with a white caftan underneath and a large turban in the form of a dome on his head. On his feet are boots of yellow morocco leather. In his hands, he holds a rosary for prayer.
