ManuscriptsPersian15th century
Prophet Muhammad at the Gate of Medina (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
c. 1425
Dimensions
folio: 43 x 34 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, (by 1948), bequest; to The Fogg Museum.
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