莱拉访问沙漠中的Majnun - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	莱拉访问沙漠中的Majnun
品名（英）	Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert
入馆年号	2021年，2021.145
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Becharam Das Dutta
创作年份	公元 1846 - 公元 1866
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	图像: 11 3/16 × 16 3/8 英寸 (28.4 × 41.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅早期非凡的版画描绘了莱拉和马吉农的悲惨故事，这是波斯和印度世界都深受喜爱的浪漫故事。这个故事讲述了7世纪贝都因诗人Qays的深爱，绰号Majnun（"疯狂"），以及他儿时的爱情，美丽的Layla。这位艺术家是加尔各答使用平版印刷术的先驱之一，描绘了这对命运多舛的恋人的想象相遇。莱拉穿着精美的衣服，正在拜访瘦弱的Majnun。她把手放在嘴边，表示她看到爱人处于这种状态的痛苦。一本打开的祈祷书摆在他们面前，上面有伪波斯语的文字。他们坐在一棵蔓延的树下，莱拉的骆驼被拴在树上。图片的其余部分是朴素的，没有暗示严酷的沙漠景观和与Majnun交朋友的野生动物 - 通常出现在这个主题的绘画中。绘画技术模仿木刻版画，艺术家很可能在将自己应用于平版印刷之前习惯于在这种媒介中工作。
介绍（英）	This early and remarkable print depicts the tragic story of Layla and Majnun, a romance much beloved in both the Persian and Indian worlds. The story recounts the deep love of a 7th century Bedouin poet Qays, nicknamed Majnun (‘crazy’), and his childhood love, the beautiful Layla. The artist, one of the pioneers in the use lithography in Calcutta, depicts an imagined encounter of the ill-fated lovers. Layla, dressed in fine clothes, is seen visiting the emaciated Majnun. She holds her hand to her mouth, signaling her distress at seeing her lover in this state. An open book of prayer lies before them, with pseudo-Persian writing. They are seated beneath a spreading tree to which Layla’s camel is tethered. The remainder of the picture is plain, with no suggestion of the harsh desert landscape and the wild animals that befriended Majnun—that typically appear in paintings of this subject. The drawing technique imitates woodcut prints and it is likely that the artist was accustomed to working in that medium before applying himself to lithography.