id: 123993 accession number: 1944.489 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.489 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:59.740000 Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration, c. 1545–1576. Style of Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian). Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper; image: 21.4 x 28.4 cm (8 7/16 x 11 3/16 in.); overall: 28.6 x 40.8 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.489 title: Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1545–1576 creation date earliest: 1540 creation date latest: 1580 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Qazvin, Safavid Period, 16th Century technique: ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian) - artist --- measurements: Image: 21.4 x 28.4 cm (8 7/16 x 11 3/16 in.); Overall: 28.6 x 40.8 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: script: none translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic Art opening date: 1944-11-03T04:00:00 Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945). title: The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran opening date: 1961-10-19T04:00:00 The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962); Villa Hügel, Essen, Germany (February 16-April 24, 1962); Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (May 17-July 22, 1962); Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (September 4-November 18, 1962); MAK, the Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, Austria (January 16-March 31, 1963). title: Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting, 1501 - 1576 opening date: 1979-08-10T04:00:00 Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting, 1501 - 1576. The British Library, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (August 10-October 28, 1979); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (December 16, 1979-March 2, 1980); Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (March 29-May 18, 1980). title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). title: Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576 opening date: 2003-10-16T00:00:00 Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 16, 2003-January 18, 2004); Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy (March 10-June 27, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'London, Royal Academy of the Arts, "International Exhibition of Persian Art," 1931.', 'opening_date': '1931-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination," Oct. 9 - Jan. 7, 1933-34.', 'opening_date': '1933-10-09T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, "Islamic Art," 1944.', 'opening_date': '1944-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Pasadena Art Institute, "Exhibition of Oriental Art," Oct. 2 - Nov. 21, 1949.', 'opening_date': '1949-10-02T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'San Diego Museum, "Exhibition of Persian Paintings," Dec. 10 1949 - Jan. 10, 1950.', 'opening_date': '1949-12-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Lyman Allyn Museum, Connecticut College for Women, "Persian Art," Jan. 9 - Feb. 13, 1955.', 'opening_date': '1955-01-09T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Islamic and Indian Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts,"', 'opening_date': None} * {'description': 'Dec. 15, 1955 - Feb. 19, 1956.', 'opening_date': '1955-12-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Paris, Petit Palais, "7000 ans d\'art en Iran," Oct. - Nov., 1961.', 'opening_date': '1961-10-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Essen, Villa Huegel; Zuerich, Kunsthaus; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum; Vienna, Osterreichisches Museum fuer angewandte Kunst, "7000 ans d\'art en Iran," Dec., 1961 - April, 1963, Ente Manifestazioni Milanesi, Milan, April - June 1963.', 'opening_date': '1963-04-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'London, The British Library, Aug. 10 - Oct. 28, 1979; Washington D.C., National Gallery of \\art, Dec. 16 1979 - March 2, 1980, "Wonders of the Age: Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting."', 'opening_date': '1979-12-16T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Asia Society Gallery, New York City (10/162003 - 1/18/2004) and the Palazzo Reale, Milan (3/3/2004 - 6/27/2004): "Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576," exh. cat. no. 4.33, p. 120-121.', 'opening_date': '2004-01-18T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Ricketts; (Philip Hofer) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Islamic Art: Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. page number: Reproduced: p. 18 url: https://archive.org/details/IslamicArtCMA/page/n28 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 728 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n133 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 223 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n247 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 223 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n247 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 280 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n300 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.489/1944.489_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.489/1944.489_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.489/1944.489_full.tif