Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); Zulaykha and her maids in a landscape

FS-7457_22

Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); Zulaykha and her maids in a landscape

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W (overall): 22 x 13 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/8 in)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Hotel Drouot

Moussa

Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)

To at least 1922

Moussa, Tehran, Iran. [1]

1922

Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Objets d'art Anciens de la Perse, May 5-6, 1922, no. 111. [2]

To 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [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] The object was in the collection of Moussa (M.J.M) until 1922 when it was published in the auction catalogue, Objets d'art anciens de la Perse, May 5-6, 1922. 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. 404.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1.

[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.

Khurasan, Iran

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

ca. 1560-1570

Safavid period

Manuscript

landscape

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

Zulaykha

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

Smithsonian Institution