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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.533
People
Attributed to Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi), Persian (c. 1560-70 - 1635)
Title
Cheetah Trainer
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Equestrian Portrait with Cheetah, Horseman with Cheetah
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1590
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215728

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray-black ink on silver-flecked off-white paper
Dimensions
13.6 x 10.1 cm (5 3/8 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Warner, New Hampshire (by April 1, 1969-2008), by inheritance; to Edith I. Welch, Warner, New Hampshire (2008-2011), gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.533
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a small, exquisite drawing of a horseman with a cheetah seated behind him. The horseman sits straight up with both hands clasped on the saddle gazing into the distance, perhaps in expectation of game, while the small cheetah glances in the other direction. The silver flecks that have now tarnished to dull black in the paper obscure somewhat the fine details of the drawing, especially the subtle face of the man.

Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), p. 33, fig. 27 (detail); pp. 65-67, no. 12

Exhibition History

  • From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005

Verification Level

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