Artwork
Stelă funerară Mariam bint Ali
Stelă funerară Mariam bint Ali is an unspecified painting by the Byzantine icon painting artist Unknown. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the National Museum of Art of Romania. A ceramic tile in the shape of a tombstone, featuring Arabic script and a decorative border, is depicted in this image.
About this work
Overview
A ceramic tile in the shape of a tombstone, featuring Arabic script and a decorative border, is depicted in this image.
Subject & Meaning
The tile is a funerary stele, a type of tombstone, commemorating the deceased Mariam bint Ali, as indicated by the inscription.
Technique & Style
The tile's design includes a light blue background with darker blue accents and a border featuring a leaf and flower pattern, while the Arabic script is rendered in darker blue ink.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Tabliczka z dwoma tekstami iluminowanymi
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (recto)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (verso)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (verso)
One of ten drawings of details of pietra-dura ornamentation on the cenotaphs of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal, at Agra.
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (recto)
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page