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A Camel
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This fine drawing of a camel and a watchful man is executed in black ink and highlighted with pink and yellow watercolor. The camel is tied from its forefeet to a cut tree trunk. It also has a chain tied to its head which is hanging loose. The camel’s long hair and facial details are well executed although a calligraphic quality of line is felt in the depiction of its lower torso and feet. Possibly the guardian or owner of the camel is shown behind a hill looking over the camel. His face is more sketchily executed than that of the camel. The drawing is signed by the artist Mu’in Musavvir and dated to the 28th day of Shavval 1089 (13 December 1678).
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Rabineau Collector. Stuart Cary Welch Jr. Warner New Hampshire (by 1965-2008) by inheritance; to Edith I. Welch Warner New Hampshire (2008-2011) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2011.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Stuart Cary Welch Collection Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Title: A Camel
Description:
This fine drawing of a camel and a watchful man is executed in black ink and highlighted with pink and yellow watercolor.
The camel is tied from its forefeet to a cut tree trunk.
It also has a chain tied to its head which is hanging loose.
The camel’s long hair and facial details are well executed although a calligraphic quality of line is felt in the depiction of its lower torso and feet.
Possibly the guardian or owner of the camel is shown behind a hill looking over the camel.
His face is more sketchily executed than that of the camel.
The drawing is signed by the artist Mu’in Musavvir and dated to the 28th day of Shavval 1089 (13 December 1678).
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