Ladies Hawking

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Pahari school

• Provenance

  To 1942

  Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [1]

  From 1942 to 1986

  Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [2]

  From 1986

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [3]

  Notes:

  [1] 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), p. 349-350, no. 423.

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

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

• Origin

  Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir), India

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1770s

• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Vever, Henri

• Place

  Kashmir, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Hunting, Animals, Henri Vever collection, Horses, Falconry, Woman, Hawk

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings