[Portrait of Riz̤ā ʻAbbāsī].

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Format
Visual material
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[Iran, 1673 or 4]
Description
1 painting on paper : gouache and gold ; image 18.7 x 10.3 cm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 96Ge South wall 17, Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Portrait of the famous Persian miniaturist Riz̤ā ʻAbbāsī by his student Muʻīn Muṣavvir. The subject wears spectacles and is holding a picture of a European which he is painting, with the implements of his craft spread around him (description by Moghadam).
    Notes
    • Image + illuminated frame: 32.4 x 21.3 cm.
    • Mounted: 51.4 x 41.3 cm.
    • Gouache and gold on paper; portrait is framed in illuminated borders; mounted on cardboard. Entire piece framed in modern black frame with ivory matting and glass.
    • Dated Ramaḍān 1084 H [December 1673 or January 1674].
    Language note
    Persian.
    Source acquisition
    Gift; Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.
    References
    Moghadam, M. E. et al. Garrett collection, no. 200
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    773928377
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