Equestrian portrait of Shahjahan (r. 1628-58)

Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album folio; Shahjahan on horseback. Border: The painting is set in gold and blue rulings mounted on an illuminated paperboard with quatrefoil and whirling arabesques, birds and floral motifs. To at least 1935 Emile Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1] 1935 Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 20-21, 1935, no. 149. [2] From 1935 to 1942 Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased at the Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 21, 1935. [3] From 1942 to 1986 Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4] From 1986 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [5] Notes: [1] The object was in the collection of Emile Tabbagh of New York and Paris, France by 1935 when it was published in the auction catalogue, Collection de M. Emile Tabbagh: Art Oriental. Paris, May 20-21, 1935. 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. 410. [2] See note 1. [3] See note 1. See also Glenn D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, 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. 35. [4] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office. [5] See note 4. Arthur M. Sackler Collection Henri Vever (1854-1942) Hotel Drouot Emile Tabbagh (1879-80-1933) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)