Harvard Art Museums > 2017.19: Self-portrait of the Painter Husayn Architectural Elements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Self-portrait of the Painter Husayn (Husayn Naqqash) , 2017.19,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337001. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2017.19 People Husayn Naqqash Title Self-portrait of the Painter Husayn Classification Architectural Elements Work Type architectural element Date c. 1900 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Teheran province Period Qajar period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/337001 Physical Descriptions Medium Fritware with molded relief and painting under clear glaze Dimensions 49.2 x 31.8 x 3.8 cm (19 3/8 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.) boxed: 9.2 x 60.3 x 40 cm (3 5/8 x 23 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: center right, under clear glaze: husayn naqqāsh (Husayn, the painter) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin Binney, 3rd, California (by 1986), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017. 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 2017 Object Number 2017.19 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 A polylobed medallion in the center of this tile holds a bust-length portrait of a painter named Husayn, also known as Ustad Husayn Kashi Saz, a known master tilemaker at the end of the Qajar era in Tehran. Split-leaf scrolls fill the corners, and a fruiting grape vine runs along the cavetto of the cornice. Following the fashion of the late Qajar period, the artist wears a black astrakhan cap and a close-fitting frock coat with upstanding collar. He is at work on a painting whose composition closely echoes the tile itself. The tile is molded, with the split-leaf scrolls and medallion border raised in relief. The predominant color is purplish-brown, with touches of pale orange. Publication History David Roxburgh and Mary McWilliams, ed., Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 111-112, fig. 7 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
