Inscription
Persian Seal in lower left inclues date to 1154 A.H. (A.D. 1741).
Provenance
By 1912, Victor Goloubew (b. 1879 - d. 1945), Paris [see note 1]; 1914, sold by Goloubew through M. Meyer-Riefstahl to the MFA for $76,999.81 (total price for 14.532-700). (Accession Date: June 4, 1914) NOTES: [1] Victor Goloubew was born in Russia but lived in Paris by the time of this acquisition. He formed this collection of Persian and Indian miniature paintings and exhibited it at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 1912 to 1914 (Paull, Florence Virginia. "The Goloubew Collection of Persian and Indian Paintings." Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. Vol. XIII. No. 74. (February 1915) 1-16).
Credit Line
Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Picture Fund
Indian, Mughal period, about 1620
Object Place
Northern India
Dimensions
15.6 x 9.7 cm (6 1/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
14.677
Medium or Technique
Ink, light color, and gold on paper