Sultan and Musicians
Cleveland Museum of Art

Sultan and Musicians

c. 1650

Gum tempera and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The two singers with open mouths may be performing a work by a mystic of the Sufi branch of Islam, given the essential role of music in Sufism and the pious mood of the all-male gathering.

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