Harvard Art Museums > 2011.532: A Bearded Man Leaning on a Crutch Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Bearded Man Leaning on a Crutch (Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad) , 2011.532,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/217676. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2011.532 People Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad, Persian Title A Bearded Man Leaning on a Crutch Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date mid 16th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Tabriz Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/217676 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and red-brown inks, opaque watercolor and gold on off-white paper Dimensions 10.3 x 9.5 cm (4 1/16 x 3 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Warner, New Hampshire (by 1969-2008), by inheritance; to Edith I. Welch, Warner, New Hampshire (2008-2011), gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2011. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch Accession Year 2011 Object Number 2011.532 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This diminutive drawing depicts a bearded man who leans on a crutch, perhaps because of age or lameness. He has tucked a book into the chest of his caftan, which he holds with both hands. From his belted sash hangs a case and tassels. The drawing is mostly in black ink except for the headgear, crutch, and the sash, which are drawn in red ink. The boots are painted with an opaque red color and gold is applied in a small area on the head gear. The red color of his boots definitely draws attention and perhaps had a special meaning in the original context. The drawing has been attributed by S. C. Welch to Shaykh Muhammad, who had also worked on two important manuscripts produced for Shah Tahmasb. The drawing is too large to have been a preparatory sketch for a miniature painting, and perhaps demonstrates the transition to single figure drawings destined for albums. Publication History Martin Bernard Dickson and Stuart Cary Welch, The Houghton Shahnameh, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1981), I: 177, fig 235 Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), pp.46-47, no. 4 Exhibition History Islamic Art: Drawings, Calligraphies and Objects, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/29/1983 - 09/25/1983 Portraiture in Iran and India, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/09/1983 - 02/01/1984 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 From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
