al-Jazari's "The Reckoner's Blood-letting Basin"
photographer
Henry F. Warren
(American, about 1834 - 1895)
artistafter
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
(Mesopotamian, 1136 - 1206)
Datelate 19th century
MediumPhotographic process on paper
Dimensions21.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU19w43.1
eMuseum ID723965
TMS Source ID23152
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly a gift from the American artist Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1915, the same year he gave the original manuscript leaf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (15.113).
