School scene

Object Details

Artist

signed by Sayyid Ali (active 1555-1575)

Patron

Shah Tahmasp (1524-1576)

Description

Detached album folio: School scene, signed by Mir Sayyid Ali

Border: The painting is set in gold rulings in a turquoise blue inner frame and a black outer frame mounted on a bright red paperboard.

Previous custodian or owner

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Georges Demotte (1877-1923)

Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

Provenance

To 1912

Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, France. [1]

From 1912 to 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Demotte, Paris, France on November 30, 1912. [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. 406. See also Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 232.

[2] See note 1.

[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.

Credit Line

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

ca.1540

Period

Safavid period

Accession Number

S1986.221

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Manuscript

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 37.2 x 23.9 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/16 in)

Origin

Tabriz, Iran

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Topic

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

writing

reading

mosque

cooking

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

school

student

Henri Vever collection

teacher

muezzin

punishment

Record ID

fsg_S1986.221

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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