Seated princess

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Muhammad-Sharif Musawwir

  Border signed by Muhammad Murad Samarqandi

• Description

  Album folio: Seated princess; right-hand half of a double-page composition; signature in the border.

  Border: The painting is set in gold, green and black rulings in a gold inner frame and an outer margin painted with scenes of feasting in an outdoor setting.

• Signatures

  Signature in the border.

• Inscriptions

  Bottom page border, on a rock: “the work of Muhammad Murad Samarqandi."

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  George Marteau et l'art du livre persan (June 26, 2019 to January 6, 2020)

  Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection (March 6 to August 31, 2009)

  Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran (December 16, 2001 to May 5, 2004)

  Other Worldly Visions: Persian and Indian Paintings from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (March 27, 1998 to May 10, 1998)

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

• Origin

  Probably Bukhara, Uzbekistan

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1610s

• Name

  Muhammad-Sharif Musawwir, Murad Samarqandi, Muhammad

• Place

  Bukhara, Uzbekistan

• Topic

  Art, Princess, Henri Vever collection, Food habits, Arts of the Islamic World, Uzbek period (1500 - 1598)

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Paintings