Man Sitting on a Rock Smoking a Nargileh

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Photo by John Bentham.
Man Sitting on a Rock Smoking a Nargileh
Photo by John Bentham.
Attributed to (Persian, 1565 – 1635)
Dateearly 17th century
MediumInk and gold leaf on paper
DimensionsComposition: 7 1/2 in. × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm) Sheet (slightly irregular): 12 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (31.8 × 23.5 cm) Support: 16 × 11 in. (40.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Fred L. Palmer, Class of 1923
Object number1962.5
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 1962: Hamilton College, by gift of Fred L. Palmer.
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil at lower right corner of support: INV 158; in pencil on verso at upper left corner: [cut off and illegible]; in pencil on verso at upper left corner: Lot 6; in blue pencil on verso at upper right: 3013; in pencil on verso at center: Mat close [illegible]

Inscribed in pencil on verso at upper left: 1 / 102; in pencil on verso at upper left: Lot 6; in blue pencil on verso at upper left: 3013; in pencil on verso at center: mat close [from INV.158 7/2012 TS]
Photograph by John Bentham.
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