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Portrait of a Dervish

Persian
Safavid Empire
November 1691
Object Place: Iran

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions Height x width: 7 5/16 x 5 13/16 in. (18.6 x 14.7 cm)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number30.31
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts

DescriptionSeated figure dressed in white and fawn-colored cloak (alba) with fur border, against a dull red ground.
InscriptionsAt bottom, signed: "...Mu'in Musavvir designed it, Rabi' I, 1103"
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1930, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 16, 1930)