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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.234
Title
Imams Ali, Hasan and Husayn
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1894-1895
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216844

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
31 x 19 cm (12 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Goelet, New York, (by 1958), gift; to the Fogg Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.234
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Within a polylobed medallion, the Imam `Ali b. Abi Talib is kneeling in the center with halo of light surrounding his head. He holds a sword across his knees. His sons Hasan and Husayn kneel to either side of him. The medallion is set within an elaborately illuminated field and multiple borders. The outer border contains 16 medallions with calligraphy on a black ground. The date 1312 H (1894-95 appears in two small red quatrefoils on the lower border. Two signatures appear on this work, probably the signature of the painter within the figural medallion, and the signature of the illuminator within the lower border. It has not yet been possible to decipher either.

Publication History

  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 119, no. 127
  • Christiane Gruber, ed., The Moon: A Voyage through Time, exh. cat., The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, 2019), pp. 122-123, no. 23

Exhibition History

  • The Moon: Spirit, Art, and Wonder, The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, 03/09/2019 - 08/18/2019

Verification Level

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