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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
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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

Verification Level

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