The secret, Iran, early 20th century Gouache and gold on paper depicting a woman confiding a secret to another while a first man, sharing the carpet on which they are seated, and a second man, standing, seem to want to intervene but is held back by the hand of his companion. Mounted on cardboard with a pink margin stamped with a black ink stamp inscribed in Persian. Painting size: 15.2 x 22.8 cm; overall size: 19.3 x 27 cm Some stains, unfinished areas of color, worn and perforated margins.