2011.527: A Dragon
DrawingsOn a wide, rectangular sheet of tan paper, we see faint ink marks from a drawing of a dragon. Because the ink is so faded, there is little discernable detail in the image apart from clusters of billowy, cloud-like shapes across the top half of the page. Some areas give us some hints as to the dragon’s shape; for example, repeated horizontal strokes at bottom right appear to be the wrinkles of the dragon’s clawed foot; dots and whiskery lines at center left may suggest the dragon’s snout.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.527
- People
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Attributed to Siyavush, Persian
- Title
- A Dragon
- 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/217256
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 15 cm (3 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Warner, New Hampshire (by 1983-2008), 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
- 2011.527
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Although the surface of this drawing is abraded, it still preserves a virtuoso rendering of a dragon surrounded by foliage and banks of swirling clouds.
Verification Level
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