Label:FS-7371_18
Title:Folio from an Anthology; Two youths before a princess at a window
Medium:Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 34.7 x 23.1 cm (13 11/16 x 9 1/8 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Henri Vever (1854-1942), Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris, France. [1], Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), Brussels, Belgium. [2], To 1913, Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, France. [3], From 1913 to 1942, Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, France on May 26, 1913. [4], From 1942 to 1986, Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [5], From 1986, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [6], 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. 403., [2] See note 1., [3] See note 1., [4] See also 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. 233., [5] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office., [6] See note 5.
Origin:Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:1417-1418? (820 A.H.)
Period:Timurid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Iran, princess, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection, stenciling
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution