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An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a standing woman wearing a long, white garment and green covering. She holds three small flowers in one hand. She is framed by a red and green frame.

A rectangular ink and opaque watercolor painting of a standing woman on a tan paper and facing to the left. She is wearing a long, white garment that covers her legs and arms with an open short-sleeved green covering. She holds three small flowers in her left hand towards the viewer’s left. Her right hand is down and holds one of her garment’s ties. She wears a tan headpiece with beads hanging underneath her chin. She is framed by a red inner frame and a green outer frame.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.201
Title
Woman in a Green Robe, Holding a Spray of Flowers
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216175

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
22.8 × 9 cm (9 × 3 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.201
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eric Schroeder, "Mrs. Rockefeller's Miniatures at the Fogg", The Connoisseur (August 1961), vol. 148, pp. 70-75, fig. 9
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 116, no. 91

Exhibition History

  • Portraiture in Iran and India, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/09/1983 - 02/01/1984

Verification Level

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