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Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration

c. 1550–1600

style of Muhammadi

(Iranian)

Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period

(1501-1722)

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Overall: 28.6 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.491

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script: none (cartouches for calligraphy are empty)

Provenance

Ricketts; (Philip Hofer)

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. Reproduced: p. 21 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 726 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 222 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 222 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 279 archive.org

Exhibition history

London, Royal Academy of Arts, "International Exhibition of Persian Art," Jan. 7 - Feb. 28, 1931.

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination,"

Oct. 9, 1933 - Jan. 7, 1934.

Cleveland Museum of Art, "Islamic Art," 1944.

Pasadena Art Institute, "Exhibition of Oriental Art," Oct. 2 - Nov. 21, 1949.

San Diego Museum, "Exhibition of Persian Miniatures," Dec. 10, 1949 - Jan. 10, 1950.

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Islamic and Indian Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts,"

Dec. 15, 1955 - Feb. 19, 1956.

Rome, Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, "Exhibition of Persian Art," May - Oct., 1956.

Paris, Petit Palais, "7,000 Ans d'art en Iran," Oct. - Nov., 1961.

Essen, Villa Huegel; Zuerich, Kunsthaus; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum; Vienna, Osterreichisches Museum fuer angewandte Kunst, "7000 ans d'art en Iran," Dec. 1961 - April, 1963.

Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).

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).

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