Monday, May 20, 2013

A Seated Woman With a See Through Dress and a Youth

Drawing
Era: Safavid Period, Iran
Date: 1600 - 1610 AD
Material and Technique: Ink on paper
Size: Height: 12.9 cm Width: 18.0 cm
Kept in the Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art, Washington DC, USA.
Source: [1]

This is another sample of the Safavid art with an erotic flavor. It portraits of a woman with a see through dress. The young man next to her seems busy pouring wine. The lady's physical expression is in a way that one can assume she says no to more wine.