Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso)
late 1500s-early 1600s
Riza-yi Abbasi
Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)
Islamic Art
Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso), late 1500s-early 1600s. Style of Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian). Ink, gold and opaque watercolor on paper; image: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.); overall: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.); text area: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.494
- Maker/Artist
- Riza
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, gold and opaque watercolor on paper
- Medium
- ink, gold, opaque, watercolor, paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.); Text area: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: script: Nasta'liq
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.494
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, For Modern America from the Ancient Near East, The World of Miniature Painting, The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran, <em> The Arts of Persia and Mohammedan India</em>. Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, CA (September 28-November 21, 1949)., <em>Exhibition of Persian Miniatures. </em>The San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA (December 10, 1949-January 10, 1950)., <em>Islamic and Indian Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts. </em>The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (December 15, 1955-February 19, 1956)., <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 14, 2012-December 9, 2013)., <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016). 1944.494.b only.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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