1948.16: Hamza Escaping, Illustration from a Hamzanama (Story of Hamza) Series
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1948.16
- Title
- Hamza Escaping, Illustration from a Hamzanama (Story of Hamza) Series
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- c. 1600
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India
- Period
- Mughal period
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216504
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
- Accession Year
- 1948
- Object Number
- 1948.16
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This unfinished painting depicts Hamza, in the center, untying himself from a palace’s column. The large rectangles near the top and the bottom of the page were reserved for text. The illustration was part of a Hamzanama (story of Hamza), which recounts of the legendary, in most cases, fanciful exploits of Amir Hamza, the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad.
Publication History
- Michele de Angelis and Thomas W. Lentz, Architecture in Islamic Painting: Permanent and Impermanent Worlds, brochure, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass, 1982)
Exhibition History
- Anvari's Divan: A Pocket Book for Akbar, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/07/1984 - 03/28/1984
Verification Level
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