1958.74: Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1958.74

People

Attributed to Mir `Ali Haravi, Persian (Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century)

Title

Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

mid 16th century

Places

Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara

Culture

Uzbek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/167931

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

26.1 x 13.5 cm (10 1/4 x 5 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Inscribed: (Maq)sud, illuminator

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

1958.74

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• James N. Carpenter, Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1974), p. 49, cat. 10, ill.
• Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 115, no. 78
• Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 294-295, no. 7

Exhibition History

• Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
• 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/08/2017 - 04/19/2018

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