Object Details
- Provenance
- 1978
- Public auction, 1978 [1]
- Private collection, Switzerland [2]
- To 1999
- Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, NY, to 1999
- From 1999
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in 1999
- Notes:
- [1] According to Provenance Remark 1, Massumeh Farhad, March 1, 1999, in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Prince and the Shah: Royal Portraits from Qajar Iran (February 24 to August 5, 2018)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Abbas Quli Karami (19th century)
- Sitter
- Mirza Muhammad Khan Qajar (died 1868)
- Date
- 1855-1856
- Period
- Qajar period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 43.2 x 30.5 cm (17 x 12 in)
- Type
- Painting
