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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.201
People
Mu’in Musavvir, Persian
Title
Shah Isma'il on an Equestrian Hunting Expedition
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1680-1685
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/18816

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 23 cm (14 x 9 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased from Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Mass.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg Purchase Fund and purchase through the generosity of Roben and Shlomit Talasazan, Abolala Soudavar, and David N. Silich
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.201
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This folio has been detached from a manuscript of the Tārikh-i ʿālamārā-yi Shāh Ismaʿīl (World-adorning History of Shah Ismaʿil). Seven lines of Persian in nastaliq script frame a painting of figures on horseback in a landscape. A princely rider-the only personage given full-figure treatment-is the focus of attention. From the surrounding text, he can be identified as the young Ismail I (d. 1524), first ruler of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722). Considerably younger and more richly dressed than the over-lapping, half-length figures, Isma'il is further set off from his followers by his isolation in the composition.

Publication History

  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2005-2006 (Cambridge, MA, 2007), p. 17

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/26/2017 - 11/08/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2023 - 04/15/2024

Verification Level

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