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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1941.293
People
Mu’in Musavvir, Persian
Title
Rustam Dragging the Khaqan of Chin from his Saddle (painting, verso), Rustam Battles Kamus (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Shahnama
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1648-1649
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/170373

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 35.5 x 21.4 cm (14 x 8 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1941
Object Number
1941.293
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eric Schroeder, Persian Miniatures in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), no. 27
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 117, no. 105
  • John Seyller, ed., The Adventures of Hamza: Painting and storytelling in Mughal India, exh. cat., Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 2002), p. 188-189, cat. 61
  • Dr. Sheila R. Canby, "An Illustrated Shahnameh of 1650: Isfahan in the Service of Yazd", Journal of the David Collection, ed. Kjeld von Folsach and Joachim Meyer, The David Collection (2010), Vol. 3, pp. 54-113., p. 67-68, no. 17, fig. 8.

Verification Level

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