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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1948.59
People
Attributed to Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi), Persian (c. 1560-70 - 1635)
Title
Man with Ram
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1590
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Qazvin
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216582

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, wash, and gold on paper
Dimensions
9.1 x 14.1 cm (3 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Signed by Aqa Reza

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
1948.59
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Masterpieces of Islamic Art: The Decorated Page from the 8th to the 17th Century
  • Eric Schroeder, "Two Persian Paintings", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, March 1950), vol. XI, no. 2, pp.72-73, plate 3, cover (detail)
  • Anthony Welch, Shah 'Abbas and the Arts of Isfahan, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1973), p. 26, no. 8, repro.
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 10, 52, 86-87, no. 31, ill.
  • Dr. Sheila R. Canby, The Rebellious Reformer: The Drawings and Paintings of Riza-yi Abbasi of Isfahan, Azimuth Editions Ltd. (London, England, 1996), Page 58 & 182/Figure 24
  • David Roxburgh, The Persian Album, 1400 - 1600: from Dispersal to Collection, Yale University Press (New Haven, 2005), p 325/ fig 174
  • 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. 9

Exhibition History

  • Arab and Persian Painting, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/10/1981 - 03/09/1981
  • Diverse are their Hues: Animals in Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/18/1984 - 02/09/1985
  • Precisely to the Point, Daggers and Drawings from Persia and India: 15th-19th century, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/30/1992 - 07/26/1992
  • Linear Graces ... and Disgraces: Part I, Drawings from the Courts of Persia, Turkey, and India, 15th-19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/15/1994 - 12/11/1994
  • 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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