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Identification and Creation

Object Number
12.2015.33
Title
Layla and Majnun before the King Who Sees the Divine in Everything (painting recto, text verso of folio 33) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Illustrated Manuscript of the Subhat al-abrar (from Haft Awrang) by Jami
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1530-70
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/368065

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

Note:
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Object Number
12.2015.33
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The first illustration of this manuscript depicts the king who saw everything was the Divine: "He who appears in Layla's figure, He who looks on through Majnun's eyes."

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