id: 125575 accession number: 1947.500.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.500.b updated: 2025-04-04 11:07:08.445000 An Episode from the Story of the Sasanian King Khusrau and His Beloved Shirin, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso), 1540–70. Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper; sheet: 29.6 x 16.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.); image: 21 x 14 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1947.500.b title: An Episode from the Story of the Sasanian King Khusrau and His Beloved Shirin, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1540–70 creation date earliest: 1540 creation date latest: 1570 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722) technique: opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 29.6 x 16.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.); Image: 21 x 14 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic art rotation opening date: 2012-12-03T05:00:00 Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 3, 2012-December 9, 2013). title: Muhammad Shah's Royal Persian Tent opening date: 2015-07-13T04:00:00 Muhammad Shah's Royal Persian Tent. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13, 2015-August 23, 2016). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Imperial Images in Persian Painting. Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 13-September 11, 1977).', 'opening_date': '1977-08-13T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Purchased from Heeramaneck Galleries by J.H. Wade Fund date: ?-1947 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1947- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 724 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n132 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/1947.500.b/1947.500.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.500.b/1947.500.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.500.b/1947.500.b_full.tif