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accession number:	1988.96
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Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020), 1520–40. Attributed to Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555), attributed to Abd al-Vahhab (Persian, active c. 1516). Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper; sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); image: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1988.96

title:				Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
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creation date:			1520–40
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1540
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Iran, Tabriz, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555)  - artist

* Abd al-Vahhab (Persian, active c. 1516)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Image: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Script: Nasta'liq
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Shah Tahmasp شاه تهماسب یکم‎ [1514–1576], Iran, given to Ottoman Sultan Selim II
	date: 1520s–1567
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	Ottoman Sultan Selim II [1524–1574], Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
	date: 1567–?
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	Topkapı Palace library, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
	date: until early 1900s
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	Baron Edmond de Rothschild [1845–1934], Boulogne-Billancourt, France
	date: early 1900s–?
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	Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. [1906–1990]
	date: ?–October 14, 1988
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			* <div><!--block-->Arthur Amory Houghton Jr. was an American industrialist who served as the president of Steuben Glass Works, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Philharmonic.</div>
			
			
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	(Christie's, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: October 14, 1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Reif, Rita. "Auctions." <em>The New York Times</em>. 29 July 1988.
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	McWilliams, Mary. ""Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Div": A Painting from the Tahmasp "Shahnama"." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 4 (1993): 148-53.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 150; Mentioned: p. 148-53
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161404

	Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 166-167
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 229–230
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