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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.231
Title
Siyavush surrounded by Musicians and Attendants, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Shahnama
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216479

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and colors on paper with metalic pigment,possibly mica
Dimensions
38.3 x 30.5 cm (15 1/16 x 12 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.231
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. 110

Exhibition History

  • Romantic Interludes: Women in Firdawsi's Shahnama, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 04/24/2010 - 01/16/2011

Verification Level

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