1960.161.44: Folio 44 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: European family gathered around a table; bearded man in semi-classical garb; three graces (recto); Blank page (verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.161.44

Title

Folio 44 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: European family gathered around a table; bearded man in semi-classical garb; three graces (recto); Blank page (verso)

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

19th century

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/98511

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Top: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; Middle: graphite on off-white modern laid paper; Bottom: black counterproof on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm
Recto: sheet at top: 6.7 x 10.6 cm; sheet at middle: 13.5 x 8.7 cm; sheet at bottom: 7.5 x 10.3 cm

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Recto: sheet at middle: watermark: shield or crest (partial)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.161.44

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, 42, 70, 93, 97, ill.; p. 114; folios 44a-b

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  Object Number
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  Title

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  Classification
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