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Single Leaf of Plowing and Selling Produce
This drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.749, was executed in Safavid Iran, most probably in the late 10th century AH/AD 16th, in Qazvin or Isfahan. Above, a farmer plows; below, a seated young man watches a produce seller weigh his purchase. On the rocks in the center foreground is inscribed the name of one of the most famous painters in Iran in the 11th century AH/AD 17th, Riza 'Abbasi (active 1001-1044 AH/AD 1591-1592 to 1634). As the handwriting does not match that of the artist, an admirer of Riza's work seems to have attributed the drawing to him. The execution and the bucolic subject matter of this drawing relate closely to the oeuvre of the Persian artist Muhammadi Haravi (active late 10th century AH/AD 16th), who worked in Qazvin. It is possible that this composition was conceived as a manuscript page.
Provenance
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Kelekian Estate, 1952, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1966-1967 | Art of Persia. Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca. |
Geographies
Iran, Isfahan
(Place of Origin)
Iran, Qazvin (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 11 1/4 x W: 6 7/8 in. (28.5 x 17.5 cm); Miniature H: 5 9/16 x W: 3 7/16 in. (14.2 x 8.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1952
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.749
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