1985.269: Layla visiting Majnun in the Desert (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.269
- Title
- Layla visiting Majnun in the Desert (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Khamsa
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- c. 1540
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East
- Period
- Ottoman period
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/172905
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.6 x 20.5 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Sotheby's 7-8 July 1980, lot 202], sold to [Spinks, London, 4 November 1980], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1980, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.269
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd: 1981 Supplement to the 1979 catalogue, exh. cat., San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, CA, 1981), p. vi-1
Exhibition History
- The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
- On the Path of Madness: Representations of Majnun in Persian, Turkish, and Indian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/27/2007 - 03/23/2008
Verification Level
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