Mirza Muhammad Khan Qajar

Object Details

• Artist

  Abbas Quli Karami (19th century)

• Sitter

  Mirza Muhammad Khan Qajar (died 1868)

• Provenance

  1978

  Public auction, 1978 [1]

  Private collection, Switzerland [2]

  To 1999

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, NY, to 1999

  From 1999

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in 1999

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1, Massumeh Farhad, March 1, 1999, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Prince and the Shah: Royal Portraits from Qajar Iran (February 24 to August 5, 2018)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1850s

• Name

  McInerney, Terence

• Topic

  Art, Qajar period (1779 - 1925), Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Paintings