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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.269
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Layla visiting Majnun in the Desert (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Khamsa
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1540
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Period
Ottoman period
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/172905

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
31.6 x 20.5 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's 7-8 July 1980, lot 202], sold to [Spinks, London, 4 November 1980], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1980, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.269
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd: 1981 Supplement to the 1979 catalogue, exh. cat., San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, CA, 1981), p. vi-1

Exhibition History

  • The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
  • On the Path of Madness: Representations of Majnun in Persian, Turkish, and Indian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/27/2007 - 03/23/2008

Verification Level

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