Label:FS-6209_09
Title:Composite album folio, calligraphy, standing youth, lady with a cup
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 39.7 x 27.6 cm (15 5/8 x 10 7/8 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Henri Vever (1854-1942), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:From at least 1910, Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, from at least 1910 [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] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Léonce Rosenberg by at least July 21, 1910. 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. 409., [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), p. 306, no. 356., [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.
Origin:Probably Qazwin, Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:ca. 1590
Period:Safavid period
Type:Painting
Topic:Safavid period (1501 - 1722), woman, man, nasta'liq script, Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution