2011.528: Man of Letters, folio from an album

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.528

People

Attributed to Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi), Persian (c. 1560-70 - 1635)

Title

Man of Letters, folio from an album

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

c. 1590

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan

Period

Safavid period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217327

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink and gold on paper

Dimensions

7.3 x 4.6 cm (2 7/8 x 1 13/16 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

2011.528

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This drawing portrays a bearded, barefoot man reading a book. Shown seated and in profile, he hugs one of his knees. The man wears a robe and a bell-shaped cap, with gold-tinted cloths draped about his shoulders and wound about his bell-shaped cap.

Exhibition History

• Portraiture in Iran and India, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/09/1983 - 02/01/1984
• The Tablet and the Pen: Drawings from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/18/2006 - 07/23/2006

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