This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Miniature illustration from the Haft Awrang, Seven Thrones, of Jami, in an illuminated manuscript produced between 1556 and 1565 at Mashhad, Iran, on the comission of the Prince Sultan Ibrahim Mirza, brotherin law to Shah Tahmasb.
The work is a series of alegorical romances and moral parables in the tradition of Sufi mysticism. Freer and Sackler Galleries, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Note folio images from the Haft Awrang can be viewed at asia.si.eduarchive copy at the Wayback Machine or iub.edu; this images is taken from either folio 51b or 52a part of the poem "The Chain of Gold" in which ultimately the youth decides to dedicate himself to the search for spiritual fulfillment.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
{{PD-old}} Miniature illustration from the Haft Awrang, ''Seven Thrones,'' of Jami, in an illuminated manuscript produced between 1556 and 1565 at Mashhad, Iran, on the comission of the Prince Sultan Ibrahim Mirza, brotherin law to Shah Tahmasb.