Label:FS-5837_07
Title:Bearded man leans on stick
Medium:Ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:H x W (image): 33.7 x 22.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Henri Vever (1854-1942), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:From at least 1910, Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, from at least 1910 [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 Léonce Rosenberg by at least July 21, 1910. 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. 409., [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. 298, 320-321, no. 374., [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:Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:ca. 1590s
Period:Safavid period
Type:Album
Topic:portrait, Safavid period (1501 - 1722), man, nasta'liq script, Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution