SPECIAL ADVISORY: To safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, the Yale University Art Gallery will remain closed until further notice. Learn More

Asian Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Public domain
Download presentation-size image
Download full-size image

Dervish seated in a mountainous landscape

18th century

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

without mounting: 4 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (11.6 × 5.5 cm) with mounting: 11 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (28.3 × 18.6 cm) framed: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
The Vera M. and John D. MacDonald, B.A. 1927, Collection, Gift of Mrs. John D. MacDonald
2001.138.11
Status: 
By appointment
Culture: 
Iranian, Islamic
Period: 
Safavid dynasty (1501–1736)
Classification: 
Paintings
Provenance: 

Collection Sevadjian, Paris, Sale March 1961; Vera M. and John D. MacDonald, Boston, Mass. to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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 such records is ongoing.