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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.288
Title
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
c. 1700-1712
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215661

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 30.2 cm (19 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Adrienne Minassian, New York, 15 September, 1982], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1982, 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
1985.288
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Virginia Raguin, Dina Bangdel, and F.E. Peters, ed., Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, exh. cat., Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross and Serindia Publications Inc. (Worcester, MA, 2010), p. 311, fig. 3, detail p. 308

Exhibition History

  • The Continuous Stroke of a Breath: Calligraphy from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/2003 - 07/18/2004
  • Pilgrimage and Faith: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, 08/20/2010 - 11/14/2010
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/06/2022 - 05/05/2022

Verification Level

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