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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.78.3
People
Calligraphy by (Signed by) Mir `Ali, Persian
Drawing by (Signed by) Unknown Artist
Title
Majnun, drawing by an unknown artist, surrounded by didactic verses (recto); Couplets Describing the Beloved in Terms of the Sun and the Moon, calligraphy by Mir 'Ali (verso), folio from an album
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
c. 1550-1598
Places
Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Period
Shaybanid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214313

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 17 cm (10 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.78.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 116, no. 87
  • 40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 164, 238
  • Christiane Gruber, ed., The Moon: A Voyage through Time, exh. cat., The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, 2019), pp. 190-191, no. 55
  • Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 294-295, no. 8

Exhibition History

  • Sewn Together With Peace of Mind, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/29/1997 - 06/08/1997
  • Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999
  • The Moon: Spirit, Art, and Wonder, The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, 03/09/2019 - 08/18/2019

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