Main Title: Sufi sage; Calligraphy (MIA, Doha)
Image Title: Calligraphy in nasta'liq (verso, detail) 24469465

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Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
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Title:
Main Title: Sufi sage; Calligraphy (MIA, Doha)
Image Title: Calligraphy in nasta'liq (verso, detail) 24469465
Alternative title:
Melancholia
Creator:
Farrukh Beg, Persian painter, born ca.1547, died after 1615, active in India, Mansur, Indian painter (artist), 1551-1630 (Artist)
Date:
1615
1615 AD /1024 AH
Description:
Culture: IslamicMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paperNote: General note: Predecessors: an engraving by Raphael Sadeler after Maarten de Vos’s Dolor; Dürer’s Melancholia; and compositions of St. JeromeNote: General note: On loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Type:
still image
album leaf
miniatures (paintings)
calligraphy (visual works)
Type (Narrower):
Paintings
Calligraphy
Type (Broader):
Image
Text
Subject:
Islamic art
Sufis
study (rooms)
flasks
domestic animals
cats
dogs
sheep
nursing
wicker furniture
old age
staffs (sticks, canes, etc.)
canopy trees
daggers (weapons)
influence
European
Extent:
19.4 x 14.1 cm (image)
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001631907_URN-3:FHCL:42082413
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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