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Medium:
Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 23.2 x 30.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Deccan plateau, India
Date:
mid-18th century
Description:
Detached album folio; A reading of Qur'an at court.
Border: The drawing has occupied the full width of the page; it is surrounded by a small band of gold and black, mounted on paperboard.
Marks:
Stamps: blue-edged Oct, No1, Mr; blue-edged Oct, No433,; Brown-edged oval--framer; Frm Bkg: (tissue dust lining) Gustave Dreyfus, (Bkg) 3 stamps, (ink) no. 41.
Provenance:
Albert Besnard [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] 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. 411.
[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. 329, no. 389.
[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
Previous custodian or owner:
Albert Besnard
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
Topic:
court  Search this
Islam  Search this
reading  Search this
Qur'an  Search this
India  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  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:
S1986.430
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33a61b1e8-0ed7-444d-aeac-0920398a1824
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.430