Label:FS-5911_06
Title:Youth and old man
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W (image): 46.1 x 30.5 cm (18 1/8 x 12 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), Henri Vever (1854-1942), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:From at least 1911, Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), Paris, from at least 1911 [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 Kevorkian by at least November 7, 1911. 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. 408., [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), pp. 312-314, no. 365., [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:Isfahan, Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:1590s
Period:Safavid period
Type:Painting
Topic:Safavid period (1501 - 1722), man, Iran, youth, elder, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution