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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.750.2
Title
Verses from the Divan by Hafiz (recto and verso); folio from a manuscript, left-hand side of a bifolio
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Divan of Hafiz
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1530
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Tabriz
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147855

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
sight: 29.2 x 18.2 cm (11 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Welch family (by 1984), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Welch Family in memory of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.750.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 292-293, no. 4b

Exhibition History

  • The Heavenly Court: Persian Poetry and Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/09/1985 - 03/31/1985
  • Recent Acquisitions , Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/1986 - 01/04/1987
  • Geometry of the Spirit: Islamic Illumination and Calligraphy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/30/1988 - 06/26/1988
  • Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
  • The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992
  • Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/14/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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Verification Level

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