Harvard Art Museums > 1985.216.23: Woman gazing at her reflection (Painting, recto; Text, verso of folio 23), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Woman gazing at her reflection (Painting, recto; Text, verso of folio 23), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi , 1985.216.23,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/98182. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.216.23 Title Woman gazing at her reflection (Painting, recto; Text, verso of folio 23), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript folio Date c. 1560 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey) Period Ottoman period Culture Ottoman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/98182 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper Dimensions 25.1 × 17.1 cm (9 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.) 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 1985.216.23 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Serpil Bagci, Filiz Cagman, Gunsel Renda, and Zeren Tanindi, Ottoman Painting (Istanbul, 2010), pp.110-111, figs. 71-72. Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım, A Lesser-known Illustrated Manuscript of the Ottoman Court Historian Ārif: the Rawża al-‘Uššāq (The Garden of Lovers) of the Harvard Art Museums, Proceedings, 15th International Congress of Turkish Art, ed. Michele Bernardini and Alessandro Taddei (Ankara, 2018), 737-748, p. 746, fig. 6 Exhibition History 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/2023 - 10/18/2023 Related Works 1985.216 Illustrated Manuscript of the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi Manuscripts Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
