Harvard Art Museums > 2007.183.1: Folio (text, recto and verso) preceding the illustrated folio depicting "Lovers' Picnic", from a manuscript of the Divan (Collected Works) of Hafiz Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Folio (text, recto and verso) preceding the illustrated folio depicting "Lovers' Picnic", from a manuscript of the Divan (Collected Works) of Hafiz (Attributed to Sultan Muhammad) , 2007.183.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/349311. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2007.183.1 People Attributed to Sultan Muhammad, Persian (16th century) Title Folio (text, recto and verso) preceding the illustrated folio depicting "Lovers' Picnic", from a manuscript of the Divan (Collected Works) of Hafiz Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript folio Date c. 1530 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Tabriz Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/349311 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Dimensions 19 x 12.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: inscription: In the text blocks at the upper edge of the painting (translated by Martin B. Dickson): "A rose without the glow of a lover bears no joy; / Without wine to drink, the spring brings no joy." Provenance Recorded Ownership History Arthur Sambon, Paris (by 1912). Louis Cartier Collection, Paris, (by 1931-1958), sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Warner, NH, (1958-2007), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart Cary Welch in honor of Edith Iselin Gilbert Welch Accession Year 2007 Object Number 2007.183.1 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 folio precedes the folio illustrating the well-known painting (see 2007.183.2) which features a pair of courtly lovers in a spring garden. The painting appears on what was once folio 66 recto of a famous manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz. Because the name of Sam Mirza (b. 1517), brother to the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp, appears on one of the now dispersed paintings, it is posited that the prince was the patron of the manuscript. Publication History Armenag Sakisian, La Miniature Persane du XIIe au XVIIe Siecle, Les Editions G. van Oest (Paris, France, 1929), pp. 113, pl. LXXXI, fig. 146 Laurence Binyon and J. V. S. Wilkinson, Persian Miniature Painting: Including a Critical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Miniatures Exhibited at Burlington House, January-March, 1931, exh. cat., Oxford University Press (NY) and Oxford University Press (UK) (London, England, 1933), pp. 112, 115, 116, 128-9:illus. Pl. LXXXIII A, no. 127 Ivan Stchoukine, Les peintures des manuscrits safavis 1502-1587, P. Guenther (Paris, 1959), pp. 60-61 Basil Gray, La Peinture Persane, Skira (Geneve, 1961), pp. 130, 136, 137 Stuart Cary Welch, Persian Painting: Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the Sixteenth Century, George Braziller (New York, 1976), p. 117 Stuart Cary Welch, Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting, 1501-1576, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), pp. 122-23 Martin Bernard Dickson and Stuart Cary Welch, The Houghton Shahnameh, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1981), pp.37-39, 58 Harvard Art Museum, Harvard Art Museum Annual Report, ed. Thomas W. Lentz (Cambridge, 2007-2008), p. 34 Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 293-294, no. 4c Exhibition History 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/14/2015 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020 Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, 10/21/2021 - 02/20/2022 Related Works 1964.149 Binding attributed to Sultan Muhammad Illustrated Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz Manuscripts 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