Portrait of a lady

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1931

  Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1931 [1]

  From 1931

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1931 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1620s

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Portraits, Woman

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Paintings