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Walters Ms. W.689, Single leaf of a lady with a fan

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Shelf mark

W.689


Manuscript

Single leaf of a lady with a fan


Text title
A lady with a fan

Abstract

This painting, spuriously attributed to Riz̤ā–ʾi ʿAbbāsī (d. 1044 AH / 1634 CE), depicts a lady with a fan.


Date

11th century AH / 17th CE


Origin

Iran


Scribe

As-written name: Riz̤ā–ʾi ʿAbbāsī

Name, in vernacular: رضاء عباسى

Note: Later spurious attribution


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

10.0 cm wide by 20.5 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 9.2 cm wide by 19.5 cm high

Contents:
fols. W.689a - W.689b:
  1. Title: A lady with a fan
  2. Scribe: Riz̤ā–ʾi ʿAbbāsī

Decoration:

fol. W.689a:

  1. W.689, fol. W.689a
  2. Title: A lady with a fan
  3. Form: Painting
  4. Label: The inscription spuriously attributes the painting to Riz̤ā–ʾi ʿAbbāsī (d. 1044 AH / 1634 CE).

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest


Bibliography

Canby, Sheila R. The Rebellious Reformer: The Drawings and Paintings of Riza-yi Abbasi of Isfahan (London: Azimuth, 1996), 205.


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.