File:A portrait of a late Safavid ruler. Created in Isfahan, Iran, dated late 17th century.jpg
Original file (2,880 × 1,918 pixels, file size: 1.1 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
editSummary
editDescriptionA portrait of a late Safavid ruler. Created in Isfahan, Iran, dated late 17th century.jpg |
English: A portrait of a late Safavid ruler, Persia, Isfahan, late 17th century
Pounced drawing, ink with use of colours and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with later gilt-decorated orange borders This interesting pounced drawing shows a ruler seated with attendants. It is not clear which of the late Safavid shahs is depicted, but Shah Sultan Husain (r.1694-1722) had a long, rather thin face with a long, straight nose, and thus the drawing probably represents this ruler (see a portrait of him in the British Museum, 1920.9-17.0299, Canby 1999, no.158, p.176). His turban is decorated with a flamboyant array of feathered ornaments. A similar example can be seen in a late seventeenth-century portrait of a Prince and Princess attributed to Ali Quli Jabbadar in the British Museum (see Ferrier 1989, p.193, no.17). The style of the drawing here is close to that of Sheikh Abbasi (fl. circa 1650-84), one of the greatest artists of the later Safavid period, particularly in the figures of the attendants. However, Sheikh Abbasi had ceased working by the time Shah Sultan Husain came to the throne, and therefore it is possible that this is the work of a follower working closely in his style, or the character depicted is an earlier prince of the Safavid line with similar features, such as one standing in attendance on Shah Suleiman (r.1666-94) in a painting signed by Ali Quli Jubaddar in the St.Petersburg Album (see Muraqqa, pl.191, folio 99 recto). |
Date | Late 17th-century |
Source |
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/arts-of-the-islamic-world-l13223/lot.86.html https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-4351349 |
Author | Sotheby's |
Licensing
edit
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 16:31, 18 June 2022 | 2,880 × 1,918 (1.1 MB) | HistoryofIran (talk | contribs) | =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |description={{en|1= Pounced drawing, ink with use of colours and gold on paper Pounced drawing, ink with use of colours and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with later gilt-decorated orange borders This interesting pounced drawing shows a ruler seated with attendants. It is not clear which of the late Safavid shahs is depicted, but Shah Sultan Husain (r.1694-1722) had a long, rather thin face with a long, straight nose, and thus the drawing probabl... |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on en.wikipedia.org
- Usage on fa.wikipedia.org
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
JPEG file comment | Converted from WebP to JPG using ezgif.com |
---|