1958.79.11: The King and His Young Son (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (11) from a Manuscript of Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1958.79.11
- People
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Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni (flourished 1514-43)
Written by Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat (died 1449)
- Title
- The King and His Young Son (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (11) from a Manuscript of Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Guy-u Chawgan
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 1523
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Afghanistan, Herat
- Period
- Safavid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148006
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.7 x 14.7 cm (8 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet, formerly in the collection of Louis J. Cartier
- Accession Year
- 1958
- Object Number
- 1958.79.11
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 13, 50, 54-55, no. 15, ill.
Exhibition History
- Early Safavid Painting 1501 - 1576, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/21/1987 - 04/12/1987
- Courts and Countryside: Islamic Paintings from the 14th through the 17th Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/21/1999 - 08/22/1999
- 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/2023 - 10/18/2023
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