1960.185: Prophet Muhammad at the Gate of Medina (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.185

Title

Prophet Muhammad at the Gate of Medina (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

c. 1425

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/215775

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

folio: 43 x 34 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, (by 1948), bequest; to The Fogg Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.185

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), pp. 33, 114, no. 64
• Axel Langer, ed., In the Name of the Image: Figurative Representation in Islamic and Christian Cultures, Hatje Cantz (Berlin, 2022), cat. no. 94

Exhibition History

• In the Name of the Image, Museum Rietberg Zürich, 02/04/2022 - 05/22/2022

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