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Leaf of a Persian MS., showing a scene in a Palace: 3453

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Leaf of a Persian MS., showing a scene in a Palace

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Hornblower, G. D., OBE

Note

Mr. Mohammad Ali Esmail Zavieh, Professor of Miniature painting and Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Tehran: 19th Century copy of an earlier Miniature (1947-07-38). Confirmed by Basil Gray Esq., August 1949.

School or Style

Persian

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3453
Primary reference Number: 34988

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 16 June 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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