id: 130408 accession number: 1953.17 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.17 updated: 2024-08-08 15:14:26.618000 Lampas with dancers and musicians, 1600–1650. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk and silver-metal thread: lampas, brocaded; overall: 87.7 x 52.1 cm (34 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.); mounted: 94 x 58.4 cm (37 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.17 title: Lampas with dancers and musicians title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1600–1650 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1650 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722) technique: silk and silver-metal thread: lampas, brocaded department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 87.7 x 52.1 cm (34 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.); Mounted: 94 x 58.4 cm (37 x 23 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: on the tambourine of one of the musicians is inscribed: "Abdallah." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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: Islamic Art opening date: 1970-06-15T04:00:00 Islamic Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (June 15-October 1, 1970). title: The Arts of Isfahan opening date: 1973-10-10T04:00:00 The Arts of Isfahan. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 10-December 2, 1973); Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 19-February 22, 1974). title: Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250–1900 opening date: 2013-05-14T04:00:00 Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250–1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': "7000 ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October-December 1961); Villa Huegel, Essen, Germany ([February 16-April 14, 1962); Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (May 17-July 22, 1962); Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands (September 4-November 18, 1962); Ente manifestazioni Milanesi, Milan, Italy (February 16-June 30, 1963).", 'opening_date': '1962-02-16T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Islamic Art Across the World: an Exhibition Prepared by Theodore Bowie in Partial Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Indiana University. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 18-October 1, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-06-18T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Shah Abbas and the Arts of Isfahan. Asia House Gallery, New York, (October 11-December 2, 1973); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 19-February 24, 1974).', 'opening_date': '1973-10-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'XVII European Exhibition of Art, Science and Culture. Government of Portugal, Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon (May-October 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-05-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Kelekian Collection; (Heeramaneck Galleries). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Ausstellung von Meisterwerken muhammedanischer Kunst, 1910 (MUNICH), Max van BERCHEM, Moriz DREGER, Ernst KUEHNEL, Camillo LIST, Fredrik Robert MARTIN, Friedrich SARRE, and Severin SCHROEDER. Die Ausstellung Von Meisterwerken Muhammedanischer Kunst in München, 1910. Herausgegeben Von F. Sarre Und F.R. Martin Unter Mitwirkung Von M. Van Berchem, M. Dreger, E. Kühnel, C. List Und S. Schröder. [With Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven Plates.]. 1912. page number: III no. 2380, taf. 200 url: Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. London: Oxford University Press, 1938. page number: III, p. 1995-2162, VI, pl. 1044B url: 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. 737 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n134 Villa Hügel e.V. 7000 [i.e. Siebentausend] Jahre Kunst in Iran. [Ausstellung] 16. Februar bis 24. April 1962 in Villa Hügel, Essen. 1962. page number: p. 192, no. 609 url: 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. 217 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n241 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. 217 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n241 Bowie, Theodore Robert. Islamic Art Across the World; An Exhibition. 1970. page number: no. 331 url: Welch, Anthony. Shah ʹAbbas & the Arts of Isfahan. [New York]: The Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society [Greenwich, Conn.], 1973. page number: p. 67, no. 22 url: 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. 276 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n296 Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 360-361, fig. 9.19 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.17/1953.17_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.17/1953.17_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.17/1953.17_full.tif