Shamsa from the Late Shahjahan Album

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Historical period(s)
Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan, ca. 1650
Movement
Mughal Court
School
Mughal School
Medium
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
H x W (overall): 45 x 33 cm (17 11/16 x 13 in)
Geography
India
Credit Line
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S1986.70
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Manuscript
Type

Manuscript folio

Keywords
Henri Vever collection, illumination, India, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)
Provenance

From at least 1912
Comtesse de Béarn. [1]

To 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [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] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of "Mme la Comtesse de Béarn" by at least 1912, 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. 400.

[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)

Comtesse de Béarn
Henri Vever 1854-1942
Francois Mautin 1907-2003

Published References
  • Envisioning an Imperial Mughal Album; The Late Shah Jahan Album (assembled c. 1650-58): Muraqqa Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library. .
  • The Hague. Catalogus tentoonstelling van Islamische kunst. cat. 31, p. 23.
  • Milo Cleveland Beach. The Imperial Image: Paintings for the Mughal Court., 2nd ed. Washington and Ahmedabad, India, 2012. cat. 21A, p. 114.
  • 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. 330, p. 278.
Collection Area(s)
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Web Resources
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