1960.192: Shapur Discovers Mihrak's Daughter at the Well (painting, verso; text, recto), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.192

Title

Shapur Discovers Mihrak's Daughter at the Well (painting, verso; text, recto), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

1341

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz

Period

Inju period, 1303-1357

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/173396

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Dimensions

folio: 33.6 x 28.5 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.192

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ernst Grube, The World of Islam (New York, NY, 1966), fig. 38
• Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 23, 113, no. 54

Exhibition History

• Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990
• Word and Image in Persian Painting, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2013 - 03/30/2013
• 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/2016 - 04/26/2017

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