Two Persian noblemen

Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album folio; Two Persian nobleman; marginal calligraphy with nineteen couplets from the Diwan of Hafiz; text in Persian, black nasta'liq script. Border: The painting is set in gold rulings surrounded by calligraphic panels in the margin, a red floral scroll and a narrow band of black and gold outer frame, mounted on a brown-colored paperboard. From at least 1911 Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris, from at least 1911 [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] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Claude Anet by at least October 19, 1911. 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. 411. Claude Anet was the pseudonym of writer Jean Schopfer. [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. 324, no. 380. [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. Arthur M. Sackler Collection Claude Anet (1868-1931) Henri Vever (1854-1942) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)