Label:FS-7563_30
Title:Woman adjusts her aigrette
Medium:Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 28.7 x 17.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Henri Vever (1854-1942), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Paris [1], From at least 1913, Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, from at least 1913 [2], To 1942, Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [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] 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] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Léonce Rosenberg by at least May 26, 1913. See citation in note 1., [3] 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. 307, no. 357., [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.
Origin:Isfahan, Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:ca. 1590
Type:Painting
Topic:woman, Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection, aigrette
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution