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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1922.75
Title
Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1560
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216757

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 33.7 x 22 cm (13 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1922
Object Number
1922.75
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eric Schroeder, Persian Miniatures in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), no. 16
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 115, no. 74

Exhibition History

  • Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999
  • On the Path of Madness: Representations of Majnun in Persian, Turkish, and Indian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/27/2007 - 03/23/2008

Verification Level

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