A seated courtier

Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album leaf; tinted drawing; A seated courtier; Persian in black nasta'liq script, inscription on the top reads: The back of Akbar; mounted on paperboard. On the top: The back of Akbar From at least 1913 Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, from at least 1913 [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 Léonce Rosenberg by at least June 6, 1913. 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. [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. 325, no. 381. [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 A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989) Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947) Henri Vever (1854-1942) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)