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FS-7358_01

A ruler enthroned

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

H x W (painting): 16.9 × 11 cm (6 5/8 × 4 5/16 in)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Hotel Drouot

Alexis Rouart (French, 1839-1911)

Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)

To 1911

Alexis Rouart (1839-1911), Paris, France. [1]

1911

Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, May 12, 1911, no. 73. [2]

From 1911 to 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased at a Sale of Rouart’s collection at Ho^tel Drouot on May 12, 1911. [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 Alexis Rouart (1893-1911) until 1911 when it was on sale at the auction at Hôtel Drout, Paris, France on May 12-13, 1911, see Rouart sale catalogue, May 12, 1911, no. 73. 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. 406.

[2] See note 1.

[3] According to Henri Vever’s ledger, he purchased the object on May 12, 1911. See 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. 231. See also 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

Painting ca. 1590; illumination ca. 1880

Safavid period

Manuscript

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

lute

percussion instrument

illumination

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

Smithsonian Institution