Illustration til Adam Olearius, “Persianischer Rosenthal von einem Sinnreichen Poeten Schich Saadi […]”, Schleswig 1660 1660

This etching by Christian Rothgiesser, dated 1660, is an illustration for Adam Olearius's "Persianischer Rosenthal" which depicts a scene from a story by the Persian poet Saadi. The artwork shows a group of Persian men in a forest setting with a walled city in the distance. The image, which was part of a book, is a fine example of 17th-century printmaking that depicts scenes from Persian culture.