Label:FS-7245_46
Title: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
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W (overall): 42 x 32.5 cm (16 9/16 x 12 13/16 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Robert Lehman (1891-1969), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sam Fogg, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Provenance: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.
Origin:Herat, Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan
Credit Line:Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date:1426 (829 A.H.)
Period:Timurid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Islam, Muhammad, birth, Timurid period (1378 - 1506), child, woman, Afghanistan, Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, prophet
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution
