1958.78.1: Painting of a Youth with a Bow (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from an album

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1958.78.1

People

Unknown Artist

Title

Painting of a Youth with a Bow (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from an album

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

c. 1550-1599

Places

Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara

Period

Shaybanid period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/215236

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions

26.2 x 16.7 cm (10 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet

Accession Year

1958

Object Number

1958.78.1

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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), no. 11
• Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 116, no. 86
• 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 165, 238
• 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

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