Harvard Art Museums > 2005.201: Shah Isma'il on an Equestrian Hunting Expedition Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Shah Isma'il on an Equestrian Hunting Expedition (Mu’in Musavvir) , 2005.201,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/18816. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.201 People Mu’in Musavvir, Persian Title Shah Isma'il on an Equestrian Hunting Expedition Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript folio Date 1680-1685 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/18816 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper Dimensions 35.5 x 23 cm (14 x 9 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased from Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg Purchase Fund and purchase through the generosity of Roben and Shlomit Talasazan, Abolala Soudavar, and David N. Silich Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.201 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This folio has been detached from a manuscript of the Tārikh-i ʿālamārā-yi Shāh Ismaʿīl (World-adorning History of Shah Ismaʿil). Seven lines of Persian in nastaliq script frame a painting of figures on horseback in a landscape. A princely rider-the only personage given full-figure treatment-is the focus of attention. From the surrounding text, he can be identified as the young Ismail I (d. 1524), first ruler of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722). Considerably younger and more richly dressed than the over-lapping, half-length figures, Isma'il is further set off from his followers by his isolation in the composition. Publication History Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2005-2006 (Cambridge, MA, 2007), p. 17 Exhibition History 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/26/2017 - 11/08/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2023 - 04/15/2024 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
