id:			97514
accession number:	1917.1078
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1078
updated:		2023-08-29 11:33:42.403000

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:	[square seal]
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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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wall description:
Shah Tahmasp I, the second ruler of Iran’s Safavid dynasty, is shown kneeling pensively on a carpet under a willow on the banks of a stream, a book at his side. The luxurious fabrics of his robe and his bolster pillow, with sprigs and cloud motifs in gold, indicate his wealth and privilege. Even the fine white cloth of his turban is edged in gold, topped by a small cluster of jewels.
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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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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.1078/1917.1078_full.tif