Sufis Dancing

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.629 illustrates Sufis dancing.

Provenance Mustafá Pasha Vali-i Iskandariyah, prior to 1231 [mode of acquisition unknown] [dated 1231, see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi, 1285 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi Vali-i Salanik, 1303 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century) (Author)

Period

958 AH/AD 1552 (Safavid)

Medium

ink and pigments on buff and rose-tinted laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.629.95B

Measurements

H: 8 1/16 x W: 4 3/4 in. (20.5 x 12 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View