1958.78.3: Majnun, drawing by an unknown artist, surrounded by didactic verses (recto); Couplets Describing the Beloved in Terms of the Sun and the Moon, calligraphy by Mir 'Ali (verso), folio from an album
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1958.78.3
- People
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Calligraphy by (Signed by) Mir `Ali, Persian
- Title
- Majnun, drawing by an unknown artist, surrounded by didactic verses (recto); Couplets Describing the Beloved in Terms of the Sun and the Moon, calligraphy by Mir 'Ali (verso), folio from an album
- Classification
- Albums
- Work Type
- album folio
- Date
- c. 1550-1598
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
- Period
- Shaybanid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214313
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 17 cm (10 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Louis J. Cartier Collection. John Goelet, New York, (by 1958), gift; to the Fogg Museum.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
- Accession Year
- 1958
- Object Number
- 1958.78.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 116, no. 87
- 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 164, 238
- Christiane Gruber, ed., The Moon: A Voyage through Time, exh. cat., The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, 2019), pp. 190-191, no. 55
- Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 294-295, no. 8
Exhibition History
- Sewn Together With Peace of Mind, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/29/1997 - 06/08/1997
- Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999
- The Moon: Spirit, Art, and Wonder, The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, 03/09/2019 - 08/18/2019
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