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Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 40 x 27.9 cm (15 3/4 x 11 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Isfahan, Iran
Date:
ca. 1600
Period:
Safavid period
Description:
Detached album folio, right-hand half of a double-page from the "Vignier Album"; separate from the facing folio (S1986.197); A hunt; one of a group of six folios.
Border: The painting is set in a gold inner frame and an outer frame of rectangular and quatrefoil geometric and floral motifs in a gold and lapis margin mounted on paperboard.
Provenance:
To 1908
Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris, France. [1]
From 1908 to 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Charles Vignier, Paris, France on April 15, 1908. [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] 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. 229. See also 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. 405.
[2] See note 1.
[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.
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Exhibition History:
George Marteau et l'art du livre persan (June 26, 2019 to January 6, 2020)
Permanent Gallery Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 11/2006-11/2009 (November 2006 to November 2009)
Queensland Art Gallery permanent gallery (November, 2006 to November, 2009)
Previous custodian or owner:
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
Charles Vignier (1863-1934)
François Mautin (1907-2003)
Topic:
hunting  Search this
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.198
Restrictions & Rights:
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye388223686-36d1-40c5-b58a-0be8d3733bfa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.198