Sketch of a Young Man and Persian Calligraphy
1630–50
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Sketch of a Young Man and Persian Calligraphy, 1630–50. Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 34.6 x 22.5 cm (13 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.); image: 21.2 x 12.5 cm (8 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1925.132
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 34.6 x 22.5 cm (13 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.); Image: 21.2 x 12.5 cm (8 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: script: Nasta'liq
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1925.132
- Credit Line
- The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, "Exhibition of Islamic Art," Feb.-March, 1937.<br>New York, Iranian Institute, "Exhibition of Persian Art," 1940.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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