1985.264: Gudarz Slays Piran (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.264

People

Unknown Artist

Title

Gudarz Slays Piran (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Shahnama

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

c. 1490

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/215225

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink and gold on paper

Dimensions

folio: 34 x 24.9 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Hotel Drouot, Paris, 27 May 1968, lot 67], [through Jean Soustiel], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1968, 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

1985.264

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• David Roxburgh and Mary McWilliams, ed., Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 60-61, fig. 6

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
• 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

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