Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from an unidentified text; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; heading in blue; recto: text, four columns, twelve lines; verso: illustration and text: Prophet Muhammad preaches after the Battle of the Ditch.
- Border: The text and the painting are set in gold, red, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Provenance
- 1930
- Unidentified sale, 1930, no. 134 [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] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 408.
- [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), p. 268, no. 316.
- [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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- circa 1590
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- S1986.282
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 24.2 x 17.1 cm (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in)
- Origin
- Isfahan, Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Muhammad
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- Iran
- preaching
- Caliph Ali
- Arts of the Islamic World
- prophet
- Henri Vever collection
- mimbar
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.282
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye395bd8fef-0b30-4460-a5bc-24645f2fa2e5
