Author
Style of Riza 'Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565-1635), Yar Muhammad al-Haravi (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516) (?)
Publication Date
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
Publication Place
Iran, Isfahan (Place of Origin) Iran, Qazvin (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 11 1/4 x W: 6 7/8 in. (28.5 x 17.5 cm); Miniature H: 5 9/16 x W: 3 7/16 in. (14.2 x 8.7 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.749
Library Location
Not on view
Date
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
Notes
This drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.749, was executed in Safavid Iran, most probably in the late 10th century AH/AD 16th, in Qazvin or Isfahan. Above, a farmer plows; below, a seated young man watches a produce seller weigh his purchase. On the rocks in the center foreground is inscribed the name of one of the most famous painters in Iran in the 11th century AH/AD 17th, Riza 'Abbasi (active 1001-1044 AH/AD 1591-1592 to 1634). As the handwriting does not match that of the artist, an admirer of Riza's work seems to have attributed the drawing to him. The execution and the bucolic subject matter of this drawing relate closely to the oeuvre of the Persian artist Muhammadi Haravi (active late 10th century AH/AD 16th), who worked in Qazvin. It is possible that this composition was conceived as a manuscript page.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Art of Persia. Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca.
Sergi Yılı
1966-1967
Bağış/Edinim
Museum purchase, 1952
