H x W (painting): 17.2 × 9.9 cm (6 3/4 × 3 7/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Isfahan, Iran
Date:
1613
Period:
Safavid period
Provenance:
To 1907
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, pg. 108, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, F1907.155, Curatorial Remark 10, Debra Diamond, February 3, 2011, in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from Iran (October 14, 1978 to May 30, 1979)
Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Special Exhibition (February 9, 1954 to April 20, 1954)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Paintings (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
