Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390)

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Sultan Muhammad Nur (fl. as early as 1494)

• Artist

  Shaykhzade

• Provenance

  To ?

  Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris. [1]

  1932

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962) acquired in March 21, 1932. [2]

  From 1932

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See Hagop Kevorkian’s letter to Mr. Lodge, dated March 25th 1932, in the Accession file, Collections Management Office. Also, see Curatorial Remark 10 in the object record.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Falnama: The Book of Omens (October 24, 2009 to January 24, 2010)

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Claude Anet (1868-1931)

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Herat, Afghanistan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Name

  Anet, Claude, Kevorkian, Hagop

• Place

  Afghanistan, Herat

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Divan, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts