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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.249
Title
Two Dervishes or Qalandars
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Two Torlaqs (Wild Youths)
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
c. 17th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215907

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Technique
Painted
Dimensions
22.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean Pozzi, Paris. Edwin Binney, 3rd (by 1973-1985), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Footnote:
Edwin Binney, "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon, 1979, p. 106.
Jean Pozzi (1884-1967), the French Ambassador to Constantinople in the 1930s.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.249
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 106-107/figure 68
  • Rarely Seen Ottoman World On View at Sackler Museum, Harvard University Gazette (March 31, 1989), Vol. LXXXIV, No. 30, pp. 1, 10, p. 1, ill.

Exhibition History

  • The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
  • The Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989
  • Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
  • Saints, Shrines and Pilgrimages, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/1991 - 06/09/1991
  • Transformations: Asia East and West, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/19/1992 - 02/14/1993
  • Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999
  • Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/18/2024 - 08/18/2024

Verification Level

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