The Virgin of the Apocalypse

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Provenance

  ?-at least August 1990

  Unidentified individual, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  At least August 1990-November 1990

  Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc. (active 1981-ca. 2007), Falmouth, ME, method of acquisition unknown from Unidentified individual [2]

  From November 1990

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See letter from Mavin Sadik to Milo Beach, dated August 30, 1990, copy in object file. Mavin Sadik’s letter states, “I am taking the liberty of sending you the enclosed transparency of a miniature based on a European print […]. (The piece belongs to a friend of mine.)”

  [2] See incoming receipt, dated October 10 and 12, 1990, copy in object file. The object was transferred from Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc., to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for acquisition consideration on October 12, 1990. Object is described as, “Schongauer print (drawing).”

  See also invoice from Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc., dated October 30, 1990, copy in object file. Object is described as, “[…] Mughal miniature of a Madonna and Child after a print by [Martin] Schongauer.”

  Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc. (active 1981-ca. 2007) was a dealer of American, European, Islamic, Asian art, and “historical material.” Between 1961 and 1981, Marvin S. Sadik (1932-2013) served as the Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, ME; the Art Museum at the University of Connecticut (now the William Benton Museum of Art) in Storr, CT; and the Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

  . Following his retirement from the Smithsonian, Sadik returned to Maine, where he established Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc. Sadik and his colleague, Lawrence Hayde, only produced a few catalogues in the late 1990s and they did not advertise.

  [3] See Arthur M. Sackler, “Acquisition Consideration Form,” approved on November 8, 1990, copy in object file. Object is described as, “Apotheosis of the Virgin.”

  Research updated May 20, 2024

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran (July 28 to September 16, 2012)

  Arts of Mughal India (1992) (May 24 to December 6, 1992)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc. (active 1981-ca. 2007)

• Origin

  Agra or Allahabad, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1600s

• Name

  Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Inc.

• Place

  Allahabad, Agra, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Virgin Mary

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Drawings