H x W (image): 17.6 x 10.3 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/16 in)
H x W (overall): 40.1 x 27.1 cm (15 13/16 x 10 11/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Iran
Date:
early 17th century
Period:
Safavid period
Description:
Detached album folio: Two youths.
Border: The painting is set in a gold-sprinkled inner frame on a blue paper with marginal medallions and floral motifs, mounted on paperboard.
Provenance:
From at least 1910
Georges Demotte (1877-1923), 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 Georges Demotte by at least August 10, 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. 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), p. 310, no. 361.
[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:
Les Mille et Une Nuits (November 27, 2012 to April 28, 2013)
Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran (December 16, 2001 to May 5, 2004)
