Shah Jahan enthroned with Mahabat Khan and a Shaykh, from the late Shah Jahan Album

Mughal Court Mughal School Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Padishahnama (the history of the first decade of Shah-Jahan's reign); Shah Jahan enthroned with Mahabat Khan and Shaykh; inscribed to Abid, brother of Nadiruzzaman of Mashhad; dated. Border: The painting is set in gold and black rulings followed by an inner frame of gold floral scroll and adorned with flowers in the margins, mounted on colored paperboard. stamps: Round HV no. 24; Douanes Expos Paris; Le Haye 1927. Below footstool, Ragam-i 'abed brathar-i Nadirzzaman-i Mashhadi dar seneh [2] be etmam resid." "By Abid, brother of Nadiruzzaman of Mashhad, completed in the year II [A.H. Shahjahani, A.D. 1629-30]." On shield to right, Shabih-i Seyyed Muzaffar Khan. From at least 1910 Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, from at least 1910 [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 Georges Demotte by at least January 1910. 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 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), pp. 284-285, no. 336. [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 Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India (March 13 to June 24, 2018) Imperial Portraits from the Mughal Courts from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (June 30 to September 22, 2002) The Jewel and the Rose: Art of Shah Jahan (May 4, 1997 to January 25, 1998) Arts of Mughal India (1992) (May 24 to December 6, 1992) A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989) Persian and Indian Painting - Selections from a Recent Acquisition (September 28, 1987 to February 28, 1988) Georges Demotte (1877-1923) Henri Vever (1854-1942) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)