Data Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Previous custodian or owner

Henri Vever (1854 - 1942)

Francois Mautin (French, born 1907)

Provenance

Unidentified sale, no. 68 [1]

To 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2]

From 1942 to 1986

Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3]

From 1986

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4]

Notes:

[1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 412.

[2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), pp. 236-239, no. 272.

[3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.

[4] See note 3.

Date

1645 (1055 A.H.)

Period

Safavid period

Credit Line

Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 21.2 x 11.5 cm (8 3/8 x 4 1/2 in)

Type

Manuscript

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Accession Number

S1986.483

Topic

music

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

pavilion

Iran

princess

Bahram Gur

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

WWII-era provenance

Origin

Isfahan, Iran

Restrictions & Rights

Copyright with museum