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The Bagpipe Player (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso) | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

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The Bagpipe Player (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso)

The Bagpipe Player (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso)

AlbumsPersian16th-17th century

The Bagpipe Player (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso)

c. 1600

Artists

Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi)Artist

Shah Mahmud al-NishapuriArtist

Description

This drawing depicts a middle-aged man sitting on a rock and playing a bagpipe; clouds, tinted in blue, appear at the upper left corner. The man is hunched over his musical instrument, holding it close to his body. He gazes into the distance, his eyebrows tense with concentration as he blows air into the bagpipe.

Classification

Albums

Medium

Black ink and watercolor on off-white paper

Culture

Persian

Period

Safavid period

Century

16th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

35.5 x 23 cm (14 x 9 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Warner, New Hampshire (by 1997-2008), by inheritance; to Edith I. Welch, Warner, New Hampshire (2008-2011), gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2011.

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