1985.288: Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.288

Title

Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad

Classification

Calligraphy

Work Type

calligraphy

Date

c. 1700-1712

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)

Period

Ottoman period

Culture

Ottoman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/215661

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, color and gold on paper

Dimensions

49.5 x 30.2 cm (19 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Adrienne Minassian, New York, 15 September, 1982], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1982, 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

1985.288

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Virginia Raguin, Dina Bangdel, and F.E. Peters, ed., Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, exh. cat., Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross and Serindia Publications Inc. (Worcester, MA, 2010), p. 311, fig. 3, detail p. 308

Exhibition History

• 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
• Pilgrimage and Faith: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, 08/20/2010 - 11/14/2010
• 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/06/2022 - 05/05/2022

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