Muhammad Baqir
Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl

Public Domain

Dancing Girl
ArtistPersian, active 1740s–1800s
CulturePersian
Titles
  • Dancing Girl
DateAH 1192 / AD 1778-79
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 59 1/2 x 32 in. (151.1 x 81.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Franci Neely, and Sabiha and Omar Rehmatulla at the 2015 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala
Object number2015.65
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
112M Islamic Art Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object Type
ProvenancePossibly William Randolph Hearst collection; [Amphora Arts and Antiquities, Beverly Hills, CA]; [Jacob Shavleyan, London, 2004]; [Sotheby's, London, "Arts of the Islamic World", October 7, 2009, lot 66]; [Yacob's Gallery, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto, upper section, signed and dated in cream: ya Baqir al-'Ulum 1192 AH (AD 1778)

Printed labels on verso board:

(barcode) pcs1 / 7MSY7 / 40189190 EIAR / Portrait of a Dancing Girl, signed by Mu

3237 (twice)

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