Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A prince enthroned surrounded by attendants; verso: gold and blue rulings

Object Details

• Description

  Detached double-folio from a dispersed manuscript, recto: left-hand half of a double-page composition separate from its facing folio (S1986.142.1); A prince enthroned surrounded by attendants; verso: blank; one of a group of two folios.

  Border: The Painting is set in a gold inner frame and an outer frame with geometric motifs on cream-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To at least 1912

  Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933). [1]

  Victor Goloubew (1878-1914). [2]

  To 1913

  Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, France. [3]

  From 1913 to 1942

  Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Demotte, Paris, France on December 12, 1913. [4]

  From 1942 to 1986

  Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [5]

  From 1986

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [6]

  Notes:

  [1] 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. 404, no. S1986.0143.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] See note 1. See also 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. 235.

  [5] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.

  [6] See note 5.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  In the Realm of Princes: The Arts of the Book in Fifteenth Century Iran and Central Asia (March 19 to August 7, 2005)

  Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art: the Art of Islam (December 16, 1999 to April 24, 2000)

  Timur and the Princely Vision: Persian Art and Culture in the Fifteenth Century (April 16 to July 6, 1989)

  A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)

  Persian and Indian Painting - Selections from a Recent Acquisition (September 28, 1987 to February 28, 1988)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Georges Demotte (1877-1923)

  Victor Goloubew (1878-1945)

  Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933)

  Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

• Origin

  Herat, Afghanistan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Goloubew, Victor, Demotte, Georges, Vever, Henri, Martin, Fredrik Robert

• Place

  Afghanistan, Herat

• Topic

  Prince, Art, Henri Vever collection, Arts of the Islamic World, Attendant

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Manuscripts