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| Keywords: Riza 'Abbasi - Single Leaf of Plowing and Selling Produce - Walters W749 - Back.jpg This drawing Walters manuscript leaf W 749 was executed in Safavid Iran most probably in the late 10th century AH/AD 16th in Qazvin or Isfahan Above a farmer plows; below a seated young man watches a produce seller weigh his purchase On the rocks in the center foreground is inscribed the name of one of the most famous painters in Iran in the 11th century AH/AD 17th Riza 'Abbasi active 1001-1044 AH/AD 1591-1592 to 1634 As the handwriting does not match that of the artist an admirer of Riza's work seems to have attributed the drawing to him The execution and the bucolic subject matter of this drawing relate closely to the oeuvre of the Persian artist Muhammadi Haravi active late 10th century AH/AD 16th who worked in Qazvin It is possible that this composition was conceived as a manuscript page late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century Safavid ink pigments paper Folio cm 28 5 17 5 ; Miniature cm 14 2 8 7 accession number W 749 9136 Kelekian Estate 1952 by bequest Walters Art Museum 1952 by purchase Museum purchase 1952 Art of Persia Ithaca College Museum of Art Ithaca 1966-1967 place of origin Isfahan Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Reza Abbasi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
