1959.146: Idealized portrait of Hafiz (drawing, recto); Stylized Tree Design, probably for a book binding (painting, verso), folio from an album

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1959.146

People

Attributed to Mir Yusuf, Persian

Title

Idealized portrait of Hafiz (drawing, recto); Stylized Tree Design, probably for a book binding (painting, verso), folio from an album

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

c. 1610

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan

Period

Safavid period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216474

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

36.9 x 27.2 cm (14 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald

Accession Year

1959

Object Number

1959.146

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), p. 118, no. 108
• Ladan Akbarnia and Chanchal Dadlani, The Tablet and the Pen: Drawings from the Islamic World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), fig. 8

Exhibition History

• Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999
• The Tablet and the Pen: Drawings from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/18/2006 - 07/23/2006

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