Printed and painted cotton hanging
qalamkār-e taswīrī
late 19th century | Fritz Willfort
Carpe diem! Seize the day! advises the Roman poet Horace. Make the best out of your life and take it as it comes, since you never know when you must die. An identical incitement to exchange the fearful concentration on the future for the enjoyment of the present, before one crumbles into dust in no time, is found a thousand years later at the other end of the world, in a four-line poem ascribed to the Persian poet Omar Khayyam.
Carpe diem! Seize the day! advises the Roman poet Horace. Make the best out of your life and take it as it comes, since you never know when you must die. An identical incitement to exchange the fearful concentration on the future for the enjoyment of the present, before one crumbles into dust in no time, is found a thousand years later at the other end of the world, in a four-line poem ascribed to the Persian poet Omar Khayyam.
Collection:
Fritz Willfort (1879 Wien - 1956 Wien)
Time:
late 19th century
Entry Date:
2003
Object Name
Printed and painted cotton hanging
Culture
Iran, Isfahan
Material/technology:
Cotton, pigments
Dimensions:
H. 135.5 cm, W. 90 cm
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia
Period
Qajar period
Invs.
180296
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