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Youth seated in the fork of a blossoming tree

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At A Glance

  • Period

    ca. 1560-1570

  • Geography

    probably Qazvin, Iran

  • Material

    Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

  • Dimension

    H x W: 39.9 x 26.3 cm (15 11/16 x 10 3/8 in)

  • Accession Number

    S1986.299

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_S1986.299

Object Details

  • Description

    Detached album folio: Youth seated in the fork of a blossoming tree looking at an open album.
    Border: The painting is set in gold and black rulings, in margins with pseudo Chinese characters, and an outer frame with panels of calligraphy in Persian black nasta'liq script; mounted on paperboard with gold floral motifs.

  • Provenance

    Walter Schulz [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] According to information noted in the object record: "Walter Schulz Collection."
    [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), pp. 302-303, no. 353.
    [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

    Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha (December 18, 2021 to May 15, 2022)
    East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)
    Crushed Lapis and Burnished Gold: The Art of Illumination (June 9 to December 8, 1991)

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Philipp Walter Schulz
    Henri Vever (1854-1942)
    Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

  • Origin

    probably Qazvin, Iran

  • Credit Line

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

  • Type

    Painting

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