A PORTRAIT OF NAZAR 'ALI BEG, SON OF ALQAS MIRZA BY MU'IN MUSAVVIR, ISFAHAN, PERSIA, DATED 1084 AH/1674-5 AD

Property from an important European Collection

A PORTRAIT OF NAZAR 'ALI BEG, SON OF ALQAS MIRZA BY MU'IN MUSAVVIR, ISFAHAN, PERSIA, DATED 1084 AH/1674-5 AD

opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, inscribed and dated to the lower left, framed

painting: 9.5 by 19.7cm.
Leaf: 16 by 26.9cm.

Condition Report:
The painting has been laid on a card, minor stains and very minor holes, the colours bright, as viewed.

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Provenance:
Ex-collection Lucy Truman Aldrich (1869-1955), Providence, Rhode Island.

Acquired from the estate of the above, September 1955.

Ex-collection Peggy and David Rockefeller, sold at Christie’s New York, 10 May 2018, lot 1009.