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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.74
People
Attributed to Mir `Ali Haravi, Persian (Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century)
Title
Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
mid 16th century
Places
Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Culture
Uzbek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/167931

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 13.5 cm (10 1/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Inscribed: (Maq)sud, illuminator

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
1958.74
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James N. Carpenter, Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1974), p. 49, cat. 10, ill.
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 115, no. 78
  • Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 294-295, no. 7

Exhibition History

  • Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/08/2017 - 04/19/2018

Verification Level

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