Single Leaf of a Monkey Riding a Goat and Three Sheep

Description This album page, Walters leaf W.687, consists of 2 drawings and a sample of calligraphy written in Nasta'liq script by Hasan Shamlu on the back. The drawing in the upper register is of a monkey riding a goat. According to the Persian inscription it was executed by the celebrated Persian Safavid artist Riza-'i 'Abbasi (died 1044 AH/AD 1634) for his son Muhammad Qasim. The inscription reads, "Made for my son Muhammad Qasim. Work of the humble Riza-'i 'Abbasi." The drawing in the lower register depicts three sheep. On the back is a sample of calligraphy bearing the name Hasan Shamlu in the lower panel in the left corner of the page.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
10/18/1973	Treatment	mounted; stabilized

Exhibitions

• Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.
• The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Academy Art Museum, Easton; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. 2002.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters