Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: A physician treats a blindfolded man; verso: text

FS-6788_08

Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: A physician treats a blindfolded man; verso: text

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W (overall): 33.1 x 24.3 cm (13 1/16 x 9 9/16 in)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Georges Demotte (1877-1923)

Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933)

Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)

Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933) [1]

To 1912

Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, France. [2]

From 1912 to 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Demotte, Paris, France on November 30, 1912. [3]

From 1942 to 1986

Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4]

From 1986

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [5]

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. 401.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 232.

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

[5] See note 4.

Probably Baghdad, Iraq

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

1224 (621 A.H.)

Abbasid period

Manuscript

Abbasid period (750 - 1258)

medicine

De Materia Medica

Iraq

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

Smithsonian Institution