A Sufi in a Landscapecirca 1650-1660

Not on view

Title: A Sufi in a Landscape
Place Made: Iran, Isfahan
Date Made: circa 1650-1660
Medium: Ink and color washes on paper
Dimensions: 10 13/16 × 6 13/16 in. (27.46 × 17.3 cm) Frame: 20 × 15 × 1 1/2 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number: M.73.5.582
Classification: Manuscripts
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: One of the most striking characteristics of seventeenth-century Persian painting is the frankness with which certain subjects are depicted, such as this bearded male in a landscape: emaciated, barely conscious, and slumped over, he appears severely intoxicated after drinking the contents of the large wine cup near his knee. Although it lacks text, this picture may represent an ironic visual riff on a theme prevalent in Persian poetry since at least the eleventh century: the metaphorical intoxication of mystical ecstasy.
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.
Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

Not on view

Title: A Sufi in a Landscape
Place Made: Iran, Isfahan
Date Made: circa 1650-1660
Medium: Ink and color washes on paper
Dimensions: 10 13/16 × 6 13/16 in. (27.46 × 17.3 cm) Frame: 20 × 15 × 1 1/2 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number: M.73.5.582
Classification: Manuscripts
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: One of the most striking characteristics of seventeenth-century Persian painting is the frankness with which certain subjects are depicted, such as this bearded male in a landscape: emaciated, barely conscious, and slumped over, he appears severely intoxicated after drinking the contents of the large wine cup near his knee. Although it lacks text, this picture may represent an ironic visual riff on a theme prevalent in Persian poetry since at least the eleventh century: the metaphorical intoxication of mystical ecstasy.
Selected Bibliography: Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.
Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.