Folio from an album; recto: A prince feasts

Detached album folio, left-hand half of a double-page from the “Vignier Album”; separate from the facing folio (S1986.198); A prince feasts; one of a group of six folios.
Border: The painting is set in a gold inner frame and an outer frame of rectangular and quatrefoil geometric and floral motifs in a gold and lapis margin mounted on paperboard.

Historical period(s)
1630s
Medium
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 39.9 x 26.3 cm (15 11/16 x 10 3/8 in)
Geography
Iran, Isfahan
Credit Line
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S1986.197
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Album, Painting
Type

Detached album folio

Keywords
Henri Vever collection, illumination, Iran, lovers, lute, musician, prince, reading
Provenance

To 1908
Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris, France. [1]

From 1908 to 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Charles Vignier, Paris, France on April 15, 1908. [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 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. 229. See also 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. 405.

[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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Henri Vever 1854-1942
Charles Vignier 1863-1934
Francois Mautin 1907-2003

Description

Detached album folio, left-hand half of a double-page from the "Vignier Album"; separate from the facing folio (S1986.198); A prince feasts; one of a group of six folios.
Border: The painting is set in a gold inner frame and an outer frame of rectangular and quatrefoil geometric and floral motifs in a gold and lapis margin mounted on paperboard.

Published References
  • Rene Grousset. The Civilizations of the East. 4 vols., New York and London, 1931-1934. vol. 1: p. 348, fig. 266.
  • Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 328, p. 276.
Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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