Imam 'Ali with Hasan and Husayn | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1958.137
People: Unknown Artist
Title: Imam 'Ali with Hasan and Husayn
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 19th century
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period: Qajar period
Culture: Persian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/216190

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: 35.9 x 23.8 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year: 1958
Object Number: 1958.137
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 119, no. 126

Exhibition History

Saints, Shrines and Pilgrimages, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/1991 - 06/09/1991
Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999
Pilgrimage and Faith: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, 08/20/2010 - 11/14/2010
32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/22/2016 - 03/14/2016

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