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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.62
People
Attributed to Qadimi, Persian (active 16th century)
Title
Horseman and Running Page (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from an album
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
c. 1560
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Mashhad
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/141986

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 38.5 x 27 cm (15 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis Cartier Collection, Paris (by 1933-1958). John Goelet, New York (by 1958), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet, formerly in the collection of Louis J. Cartier
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.62
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Maurice Sven Dimand, A Guide to an Exhibition of Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination, exh. cat. (Portland, ME, 1933), p. 37, fig. 26
  • Maurice Sven Dimand, The Exhibition of Islamic Painting and Book Illumination in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Apollo (1934), vol. 19, pp. 200-205, p. 205
  • Ernst Grube, Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the United States and Canada, exh. cat., Neri Pozza Editore (Venice, 1962), p. 84
  • Stuart Cary Welch, Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting, 1501-1576, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), no. 79
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 51, 68-69, no. 22, ill.
  • Jon Thompson, ed., Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501 - 1576, exh. cat., Skira (New York, 2003), p 130, fig 4.38
  • Abolala Soudavar, "The Patronage of the Vizier Mirza Salman", Muqarnas (Leiden, Boston, 2013), vol. 30, pp. 213-234., Page 228/Figure 16
  • Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 298-299, no. 25

Exhibition History

  • Diverse are their Hues: Animals in Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/18/1984 - 02/09/1985
  • Early Safavid Painting 1501 - 1576, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/21/1987 - 04/12/1987
  • Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
  • Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-76, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 03/10/2004 - 06/27/2004
  • Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, 10/21/2021 - 02/20/2022

Verification Level

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