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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.57.4
Title
Seated Man (drawing, recto), Calligraphy (verso), Folio from an Album of Calligraphy
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran or Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198924

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 30.1 x 21.4 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.57.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Annemarie Schimmel, Mystische Dimensionen des Islam, The University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, NC, 1985), p. 163, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Calligraphy and the Arts of the Book, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/1993 - 01/30/1994
  • Sewn Together With Peace of Mind, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/29/1997 - 06/08/1997

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