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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.260.81
Title
The Prophet's Mosque in Madina (recto), The Prophet's Handprint (verso), folio 81 from an An`am-i Sharif
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1790
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/324668

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
single folio: 22.54 x 13.97 cm (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, Dec. 11, 1962, lot 91]. Edwin Binney, 3rd, California (1984-1986), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum.

NOTE:
Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991 -- 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.260.81
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Axel Langer, ed., In the Name of the Image: Figurative Representation in Islamic and Christian Cultures, Hatje Cantz (Berlin, 2022), cat. no. 19

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