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Explore image in Illustration from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru’s Majma’ al-tawarikh
ca. 1425
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
sheet: 16 15/16 × 12 13/16 in. (43 × 32.5 cm)
image: 14 7/16 × 10 1/16 in. (36.6 × 25.6 cm)
other (Painting): 6 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.5 × 25.6 cm)
image: 14 7/16 × 10 1/16 in. (36.6 × 25.6 cm)
other (Painting): 6 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.5 × 25.6 cm)
Gift of Mary Burns Foss
1983.94.8
Geography:
Afghanistan
Status:
Culture:
Afghani, Islamic
Period:
Timurid dynasty (1370–1507)
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Emile Tabbagh (1879–1933), Paris, New York; sale Tabbagh estate Anderson Galleries, New York, Jan 3-4, 1936; Mary Burns Foss (Mrs. Wilson P. Foss Jr.) (1896–1987); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1983
Bibliography:
Reza Mohamad Ghiasian, “The Historical Style of Painting for Shahrukh and Its Revival in the Dispersed Manuscript of Majma? al-Tawarikh,” Iranian Studies 48 no. 6 (2015): 873, 899.
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.
