A Dervish dance

Object Details

• Artist

  Mirza Muhammad al-Hasani

• 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)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Isfahan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

• Place

  Isfahan

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Percussion instrument, Dance, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians, Dervishes

• Object Type

  Paintings