A White Bird

Mu'in Musavvir (Persian, 1617–1701)

February–March, 1689

Object PlaceIsfahan, Iran

Medium/TechniqueInk and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions18 x 11.8 cm (7 1/16 x 4 5/8 in.) painted area without surrounding border

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and by contribution

Accession number14.635

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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts

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InscriptionsInscribed in Persian: Jumada 1, 1100 [February-March, 1689], Mu'in Musavvir designed it.ProvenanceBy 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).