برگی از مجمع التواریخ حافظ ابرو، «ولادت حضرت محمد»

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Folio from the Majma' al-tawarikh (Compendium of history) by Hafiz Abru (d.1430); recto: The Birth of Muhammad; verso: text, Wet nurse Halima and her husband, Harith, taking care of infant Muhammad

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W (overall): 42 x 32.5 cm (16 9/16 x 12 13/16 in)

Robert Lehman (1891-1969)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sam Fogg, Rare Books and Manuscripts

To 1969

Robert Lehman (1891-1969), to 1969 [1]

From 1969

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lehman Collection, New York City, bequeathed by Robert Lehman, from 1969 [2]

To 2005

Sam Fogg, Ltd., London, to 2005

From 2005

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Sam Fogg, Ltd. in 2005

Notes:

[1] According to the seller, March 8, 2005 (see Provenance Remark 1 in the object record).

[2] See note 1.

Herat, Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

1426 (829 A.H.)

Timurid period

Manuscript

Islam

Muhammad

birth

Timurid period (1378 - 1506)

child

woman

Afghanistan

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

prophet

Smithsonian Institution