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accession number: 1944.490.a
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Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto), c. 1485. Style of Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 24.4 x 14.1 cm (9 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.); overall: 27 x 17.2 cm (10 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1944.490.a
title: Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto)
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creation date: c. 1485
creation date earliest: 1480
creation date latest: 1490
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creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture: Afghanistan or Iran, Timurid period (1370–1501)
technique: opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506) - artist
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measurements: Image: 24.4 x 14.1 cm (9 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.); Overall: 27 x 17.2 cm (10 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Muslim Miniature Paintings
opening date: 1962-09-01T04:00:00
Muslim Miniature Paintings. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, Venezia, Italy (organizer) (September 1-October 31, 1962); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 4, 1962-February 3, 1963).
title: The Classical Style in Islamic Painting
opening date: 1968-11-01T05:00:00
The Classical Style in Islamic Painting. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 1, 1968-January 4, 1969).
title: Persian Miniature Manuscripts
opening date: 1977-08-13T04:00:00
Persian Miniature Manuscripts. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (August 13-September 11, 1977).
title: Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2018-10-30T04:00:00
Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'International Exhibition of Persian Art. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (January 7-February 28, 1931). [Lent by Philip Hofer, New York]', 'opening_date': '1931-01-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (October 9, 1933-January 7, 1934).', 'opening_date': '1933-10-09T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Islamic and Indian Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (December 15, 1955-February 19, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1955-12-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Persian Art. Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Rome, Italy (May-October 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-05-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "7000 Ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October-November 1961).", 'opening_date': '1961-10-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Muslim Miniature Paintings from American Collections. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy; Asia House, New York, NY (September 1962-February 1963).', 'opening_date': '1962-09-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Classical Style in Islamic Painting.... Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY (November 6, 1968-January 4, 1969).', 'opening_date': '1968-11-06T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Imperial Images in Persian Painting. The Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 13-September 11, 1977).', 'opening_date': '1977-08-13T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Ricketts; Hofer; (Philip Hofer)
date: ?-1944
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Martin, F. R. The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey, from the 8th to the 18th Century. London: B. Quaritch, 1912.
page number: Mentioned: Vol. I, p. 43; Reproduced: Vol. II pl. 68.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Maurice Sven Dimand. A Guide to an Exhibition of Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination. [Portland, Me.]: [The Southworth Press], 1933.
page number: Reproduced: P. 31, fig. 19
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/137388
Hollis, Howard. "Three Iranian Miniatures." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 4 (1945): 35-41.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 35
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141194
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. 723
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n132
Grube, Ernst J. Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the United States and Canada. Catalogue of the Exhibition. Venezia: N. Pozza, 1962.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 53
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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. 222
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n246
Grube, Ernst J, and Pierpont Morgan Library. The Classical Style in Islamic Painting : The Early School of Herat and Its Impact on Islamic Painting of the Later 15th, the 16th and 17th Centuries : Some Examples in American Collections. Place of publication not identified: Edizioni Oriens, 1968.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 191, No. 37
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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. 222
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n246
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. 279
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n299
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