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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.226
Title
Enthronment of Sultan Mehmet III, Unfinished folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1595-1600
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215995

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
18.7 x 12.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Kevorkian Foundation, New York, Kevorkian V sale, [through Sotheby's, London, 12 April 1976, lot 58] sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1976, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Footnote:
Edwin Binney, "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd", Portland Museum of Art, Portland Oregon, 1979, p.57

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
1985.226
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 56-57/figure 31

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
  • The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992
  • Courts and Countryside: Islamic Paintings from the 14th through the 17th Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/21/1999 - 08/22/1999

Verification Level

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