Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration
c. 1545–1576
Shaykh Muhammad
Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian)
Islamic Art
Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration, c. 1545–1576. Style of Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian). Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper; image: 21.4 x 28.4 cm (8 7/16 x 11 3/16 in.); overall: 28.6 x 40.8 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.489
- Maker/Artist
- Shaykh Muhammad
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
- Medium
- ink, gold, opaque, watercolor, paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.4 x 28.4 cm (8 7/16 x 11 3/16 in.); Overall: 28.6 x 40.8 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: script: none
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.489
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran, Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting, 1501 - 1576, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576, London, Royal Academy of the Arts, "International Exhibition of Persian Art," 1931.<br>New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination," Oct. 9 - Jan. 7, 1933-34.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art, "Islamic Art," 1944.<br>Pasadena Art Institute, "Exhibition of Oriental Art," Oct. 2 - Nov. 21, 1949.<br>San Diego Museum, "Exhibition of Persian Paintings," Dec. 10 1949 - Jan. 10, 1950.<br>Lyman Allyn Museum, Connecticut College for Women, "Persian Art," Jan. 9 - Feb. 13, 1955.<br>New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Islamic and Indian Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts," <br>Dec. 15, 1955 - Feb. 19, 1956.<br>Paris, Petit Palais, "7000 ans d'art en Iran," Oct. - Nov., 1961.<br>Essen, Villa Huegel; Zuerich, Kunsthaus; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum; Vienna, Osterreichisches Museum fuer angewandte Kunst, "7000 ans d'art en Iran," Dec., 1961 - April, 1963, Ente Manifestazioni Milanesi, Milan, April - June 1963.<br>London, The British Library, Aug. 10 - Oct. 28, 1979; Washington D.C., National Gallery of \art, Dec. 16 1979 - March 2, 1980, "Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting."<br>Asia Society Gallery, New York City (10/162003 - 1/18/2004) and the Palazzo Reale, Milan (3/3/2004 - 6/27/2004): "Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576," exh. cat. no. 4.33, p. 120-121.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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