ManuscriptsPersian16th century

Incident in a Mosque (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 77r from a Divan (collected works) of Hafiz, left-hand side of a double page.

c. 1530

Artists

Shaykh ZadaArtist

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

Culture

Persian

Period

Safavid period

Century

16th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

folio: 29 x 18.2 cm (11 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Louis Cartier Collection, Paris (by 1958), sold; to Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Warren, NH, 1958-1999), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums.

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