1960.161.54: Folio 54 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Drawing of a hyacinth, framed by a colored paper border (recto); Layla visiting Majnun among the wild animals, framed by colored paper borders (verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.161.54

Title

Folio 54 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Drawing of a hyacinth, framed by a colored paper border (recto); Layla visiting Majnun among the wild animals, framed by colored paper borders (verso)

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

19th century

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/98236

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and gold ruling lines on off-white wove paper (recto); Note: drawing mounted overall with colored paper borders (recto); Graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (verso)

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm
Recto: sheet: 12.5 x 6.7 cm; yellow border: 17.5 x 11.3 cm
Verso: interior sheet: 8.5 x 4.7 cm; white mounting inside: 13.2 x 9.3 cm; red border: 15.7 x 12.2 cm

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.161.54

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• David Roxburgh, ed., An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 26, 35, 115; folios 54a-b

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