- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1958.187
- People
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Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi, Persian (Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century)
- Title
- Verses Praising the Ascetic Life, calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi, with elaborate figural paintings in the border by an unknown artist, folio from an album for Emperor Jahangir
- Classification
- Albums
- Work Type
- album folio
- Date
- c. 1540
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
- Period
- Mughal period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/212672
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3610, University Teaching Gallery
View this object's location on our interactive map - Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.23 x 26.35 cm (16 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Mir 'Ali al-Havari
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
- Accession Year
- 1958
- Object Number
- 1958.187
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Milo Cleveland Beach and Stuart Cary Welch, The Grand Mogul: Imperial Painting in India, 1600-1660, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1978), Page 57, 59/Figure 11
Gauvin Alexander Bailey, The Jesuits and the Grand Mogul: Renaissance Art at the Imperial Court of India, 1580-1630, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 1998), page 34/figure 28
40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 199, 244
David Roxburgh, The Persian Album, 1400 - 1600: from Dispersal to Collection, Yale University Press (New Haven, 2005), p 12/fig 14, p 308
Alan Chong, ed., Christianity in Asia: Sacred Art and Visual Splendour, Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore, 2016), pp. 78, fig. 10
- Exhibition History
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Birds, Beasts and Calligraphies, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/11/1981 - 09/29/1981
Geometry of the Spirit: Islamic Illumination and Calligraphy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/30/1988 - 06/26/1988
Sewn Together With Peace of Mind, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/29/1997 - 06/08/1997
The Enlightened Eye: Gifts from John Goelet, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/12/2000 - 05/07/2000
The Continuous Stroke of a Breath: Calligraphy from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/2003 - 07/18/2004
32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/14/2015 - 11/03/2015
A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022
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