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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.238
People
Attributed to Ahmed Nakshi, Turkish
Title
Equestrian Portrait of Sultan ‘Osman II (r. 1618-1622)
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
c. 1620
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213070

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
26.6 x 15.6 cm (10 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Hotel Drouot, Paris, 28 April 1972, lot 169], [through Jean Soustiel, Paris], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1972, 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
1985.238
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 80-81/figure 50
  • Selmin Kangal, ed., The Sultan's Portrait: Picturing the House of Osman, exh. cat., Isbank (Istanbul, Turkey, 2000), page 317/figure 69

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
  • Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997
  • A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1999 - 01/02/2000
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/03/2015 - 04/26/2016

Verification Level

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