A QAJAR PORTRAIT OF FATH 'ALI SHAH Qajar Iran, 20th...
A QAJAR PORTRAIT OF FATH 'ALI SHAH
Qajar Iran, 20th century
Oil on canvas depicting Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar, ruler of Iran from 1797 to 1834, in the style of Mihr 'Ali (active c. 1795–1830), who served as naqqash-bashi (chief court painter) from around 1803, best known for his monumental royal portraits, which established the canonical iconography of the early Qajar court, the two-line inscription reads a passage from the Shahnameh.
73cm x 48.2cm, 90.3cm x 65.5cm total including frame
Literature:
B. W. Robinson, B.W., The Court Painters of Fath 'Ali Shah', Eretz-Israel, vol. XXX, L. A. Mayer Memorial Volume, 1963.
For a similar example:
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Acc. No. ME.9-2022.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
A QAJAR PORTRAIT OF FATH 'ALI SHAH
Qajar Iran, 20th century
Oil on canvas depicting Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar, ruler of Iran from 1797 to 1834, in the style of Mihr 'Ali (active c. 1795–1830), who served as naqqash-bashi (chief court painter) from around 1803, best known for his monumental royal portraits, which established the canonical iconography of the early Qajar court, the two-line inscription reads a passage from the Shahnameh.
73cm x 48.2cm, 90.3cm x 65.5cm total including frame
Literature:
B. W. Robinson, B.W., The Court Painters of Fath 'Ali Shah', Eretz-Israel, vol. XXX, L. A. Mayer Memorial Volume, 1963.
For a similar example:
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Acc. No. ME.9-2022.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
