cover image: Babur and Humayun with Courtiers, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

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Babur and Humayun with Courtiers, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Mughal Court Mughal School 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. 278, 281, no. 332. [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 Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran (July 28 to September 16, 2012) Imperial Portraits from the Mughal Courts from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (June 30 to September 22, 2002) A Mughal Hunt (March 13 to September 11, 1994) 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) Georges Demotte (1877-1923) Henri Vever (1854-1942) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
india animals art deer south asians courtier angels angel kings and rulers mautin, francois albert henri vever collection vever, henri emperor demotte, georges south asian and himalayan art himalayan peoples mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858) reign of shah jahan (1628 - 1658)
Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1640
Dates
Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan
Format
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper mounted on board
Pages
H x W (overall): 37 x 25.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S1986.401
Rights
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/b2b29ee8b9ca0e4c2911a0fe2b1b0526

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