Capricornus, the Kid
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 inches (22.23 × 15.24 cm)
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Mapping the Heavens: Art, Astronomy, and Exchange Between the Islamic Lands and Europe, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 14, 2024–January 11, 2026, no cat.
With Léonce Rosenberg (1879–1947), Paris, by 1921;
His sale, Catalogue of Persian and Indian Miniatures and Medieval Illuminated Initials, formerly in the Collection of M. Léonce Rosenberg of Paris, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, February 8, 1921, lot 34, as Capricornus;
With Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York, by February 14, 1934-1935 [1];
Purchased from Kevorkian by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] According to the receipt slip, this object arrived at the Nelson-Atkins on approval from Kevorkian on February 14, 1934. It remained on loan until its purchase in 1935. Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01/01, Director's Office Records: Paul Gardner, 1932-53, Box 1, Folder 23, Kevorkian 1932-50.
Catalogue of Persian and Indian Miniatures and Medieval Illuminated Initials, formerly in the Collection of M. Léonce Rosenberg of Paris (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1921), 6, (repro.).
