Textile Fragment with a Courtier and Prisoner Artist: Abdallah (Persian, active 17th century)

early 17th century

Asian Art

Not on view

This silk fragment depicts a smartly dressed courtier on horseback accompanied by a prisoner on foot, a motif that became popular in both paintings and textiles in sixteenth-century Iran. Various animals and lush vegetation surround the pair. The artist’s signature is conspicuously placed on the quiver of the idealized rider; it reads, "Work of ‘Abd Allah."

Medium

Satin lampas

Dimensions

13 11/16 × 20 1/16 in. (34.7 × 51 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1951.51.86

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Lillie P. Bliss (1864 - 1931), New York; Asia Institute, New York; Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore) (1858–1955) New York; gift in 1951 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Kishwar Rizvi, "Art History and the Nation: Arthur Upham Pope and the Discourse on 'Persian Art' in the Early 20th Century," Muquarnas: Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture 24 (2007), 45–65
  • David Ake Sensabaugh and Susan B. Matheson, "Ada Small Moore: Collector and Patron," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2002), 31–49
  • Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, 6 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2101, vol. 3, pl. 1044A
  • Kishwar Rizvi, "Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 100, fig. 12
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

fragments, textiles

Signed

signed "Abdallah"

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