Object Details
Court
Mughal Court
School/Tradition
Mughal school
Provenance
At least 1910-1917
Fernand Edmond Jeuniette (1854-1918), method of acquisition unknown [1]
1917-1919
Jules Marie Jeuniette (1850-1925), by descent from Fernand Edmond Jeuniette [2]
1919
Sale, Paris, France, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, “Collection Jeuniette,” March 28, 1919, lot 224 [3]
1919-?
Ownership information unknown
?-before 1938
Demotte, method of acquisition unknown [4]
After 1938-at least late 1965
Ownership information unknown
At least late 1965-1966
Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994), New York, NY, method of acquisition unknown [5]
From 1966
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Adrienne Minassian [6]
Notes:
[1] See Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre, “Die Ausstellung von Meisterwerken Muhammedanischer Kunst in München, 1910” [exhibition catalogue], (München: F. Bruckmann A.G., 1912), pl. 799. Object is described as “Hirt und Ziege.” The lender is described as “Jeuniette, Paris.”
Fernand Edmond Jeuniette (1854-1918) was involved with the stock market
in Paris, France and was an art collector. Jeuniette’s collection of roughly 516 objects included European, Islamic, Near Eastern, and Central Asian earthenware, miniature paintings, manuscripts, sculptures, and textiles. From Saumur, France, Jeuniette attended the municipal college in Saumur and moved to Paris at the age of fifteen. In Paris, Jeuniette began acquiring objects from Parisian antique stores, open-air markets along the Seine, and during his travels. Jeuniette traveled twice to Istanbul , Turkey and further on to Merv, Turkmenistan and Samarkand and Bokkara, Uzbekistan. At the urging of Gaston Migeon (1861-1930), a Louvre Museum curator, Jeuniette spent a few weeks in the winter of 1912 in Egypt and Khartoum in Sudan. At the end of a trip from Spain, he also visited Tangier in Morocco. Jeuniette displayed his collection in his Parisian residences in Marmont (ca. 1896), at 51 rue de Paradis Poissonnière (?-1905), and 26 rue Chaptal (1906-at least 1912). Jeuniette fell ill in 1917 and dispossessed his collection to his brother, Jules Marie Jeuniette (1850-1925). Jules Marie sold works from the collection at public auction in Paris in 1919. Works from Jeuniette’s collection may now be found at the Louvre Museum, the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, and the Bodleian Library.
[2] See Galerie Manzi-Joyant (established 1897), “Catalogue des Objets d'art et d'Ameublement Anciens [Collection Jeuniette]” [auction catalogue], (Paris: Galerie Manzi-Joyant, 1919), lot 224. Object is described as, “MINIATURE persane, peinte en couleurs: personnage marchant vers la gauche tenant un bélier par les pattes de derrière. Fonds de paysage avec arbustes et fleurettes.”
Jules Marie Jeuniette (1850-1925) was a farmer in Saumur, France and the brother of the art collector, Fernand Edmond Jeuniette (1854-1918) of Paris, France.
[3] See note 2.
[4] Included in Arthur Upham Pope, “A Survey of Persian Art” [book], (London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1938), vol. 5, pl. 920. The object’s provenance is described as, “Formerly possession Demotte
.” It remains unclear if this object was in the possession of Georges Demotte (1877-1923; active ca. 1900-1923) or Demotte, Inc., which had locations in Paris and New York.
[5] See “Incoming Receipt,” dated November 23, 1965, copy in object file. The object was transferred from Adrienne Minassian to the Freer Gallery of Art for acquisition consideration on November 23, 1965.
Adrienne Minassian was a dealer in New York, NY specializing in Islamic and Near Eastern art. She was the daughter of the dealer Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), who had galleries in New York, NY and France. Adrienne Minassian took over her father’s business in 1945.
[6] See object file for copy of Adrienne Minassian invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, dated April 25, 1966, and marked approved on April 11, 1966.
Research updated September 21, 2023
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Ausstellung von Meisterwerken Mohammedanischer Kunst in München (May to October 1910)
Previous custodian or owner
Fernand Edmond Jeuniette (1854-1918)
Jules Marie Jeuniette (1850-1925)
Possibly Georges Demotte (1877-1923)
Possibly Demotte, Inc.
Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994)
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date
mid-17th century
Period
Mughal dynasty
Accession Number
F1966.22
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
Color on cotton
Dimensions
H x W: 18.4 x 11.9 cm (7 1/4 x 4 11/16 in)
Origin
India
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
landscape
goat
herding
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
India
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1966.22