Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami
c. 1760
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Ink on paper, illuminated panels of Persian poetry (verso); page: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.349.b
- Maker/Artist
- Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Formatted Medium
- ink on paper, illuminated panels of Persian poetry (verso)
- Dimensions
- Page: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: verso: Illuminated panel of Persian poetry in nast'aliq calligraphy. Two poems: a ghazal of ‘Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and an anonymous mystical verse
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.349.b
- Credit Line
- Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art and Stories from Mughal India
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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