Women musician and dancer, Iran qâjâr, Early 20th century Two gouaches and gold on paper, each depicting a richly dressed woman, the first seated against a large cushion and playing the târ, the second standing, sketching a dance step, arms in the air. Both framed with a passe-partout painted with a pale green border. Sight size: 14.8 x 8.8 and 15 x 9 cm (slight foxing on the first, stain on the second) Provenances indicated on the back: The first is said to have been "brought back from Persia by M. Baumann, commissioned by Emperor Napoleon I to search there for plants and flowers for the imperial gardens". The second, "offered by Hausi on July 9, 1914 in memory of his trial and one-year prison sentence".