id:			97514
accession number:	1917.1078
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1078
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:21.386000

Shah Tahmasp I (1514–1576) Seated in a Landscape, c. 1575. Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; sheet: 30 x 21.1 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/16 in.); image: 14.3 x 8.9 cm (5 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1078

title:				Shah Tahmasp I (1514–1576) Seated in a Landscape
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creation date:			c. 1575
creation date earliest:		1550
creation date latest:		1600
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique:	opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

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measurements: Sheet: 30 x 21.1 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/16 in.); Image: 14.3 x 8.9 cm (5 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Portrait of Tahmasp I, Shāh Safavi, King of Persia (b. 1514: d. 1576). Reigned, 1524–1576. The celebrated ally and friend of the Mogul Emperor Humayun. 
       Persian; about 1575.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition
	opening date:   1916-06-06T05:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

	title:		Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2018-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Inre Schwaig
	date: ?–1915
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	Acquired by Langdon Warner [1881–1955] for the Worcester R. Warner Collection
	date: 1915–?
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	John Huntington Collection of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1917
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition June 6-September 20, 1916</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 311, no. 69
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAInExhib_80860/page/n389/mode/2up?view=theater&q=shah

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IMAGES

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