Hidden In Plain Sight

Hidden In Plain Sight

Friday, March 12, 2021

Fakhr ad-Din 'Iraqi

 

Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami, c. 1760. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Ink on paper, illuminated panels of Persian poetry (verso); page: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.349.b

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