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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.196
Title
Angel Sounding the Trumpet on the Day of the Last Judgement (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of a Turkish text
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216648

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
22.7 x 14.6 cm (8 15/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift in memory of Rudolf Meyer Riefstahl (1880-1936)
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.196
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This illustrated folio is most likely from the anonymous work, the Ahval-i Kiyamet, that became increasingly popular in the late 16th, early 17th century in the Ottoman world. It deals with the end of the world and thereafter, discussed in thirty six chapters.
This painting illustrates the 9th chapter discussing how the angel Israfil sounded the trumpet, sur.

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