1958.221: Verses by Hafiz, folio from an album

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1958.221

People

Calligraphy by Mir `Imad, Persian

Title

Verses by Hafiz, folio from an album

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

late 16th century

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216366

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, color and gold on paper

Dimensions

33 x 21.3 cm (13 x 8 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet

Accession Year

1958

Object Number

1958.221

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Anthony Welch, Shah 'Abbas and the Arts of Isfahan, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1973), page 37/figure 16
• International Association of Sufism (IAS), Sufism, vol. IV, no. 3, 1994, p. 25, ill.
• 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 150, 234

Exhibition History

• Islamic Art: Drawings, Calligraphies and Objects, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/29/1983 - 09/25/1983
• Calligraphy and the Arts of the Book, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/1993 - 01/30/1994
• The Enlightened Eye: Gifts from John Goelet, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/12/2000 - 05/07/2000

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