1960.189: Yazdigird Enthroned (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

1960.189

Title

Yazdigird Enthroned (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/216114

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

folio: 42.3 x 33 cm (16 5/8 x 13 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.189

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Eric Schroeder, "Mrs. Rockefeller's Miniatures at the Fogg", The Connoisseur (August 1961), vol. 148, pp. 70-75, fig. 7
• Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 33, 114, no. 67
• Mohamad Reza Ghiasian, The “Historical Style” of Painting for Shahrukh and Its Revival in the Dispersed Manuscript of Majma? al-Tawarikh (Taylor & Francis Online, June 17, 2014)

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