A SAFAVID REVIVAL MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTING YOUTHS PICNICKING IN A...
A SAFAVID REVIVAL MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTING YOUTHS PICNICKING IN A ROCKY LANDSCAPE
Qajar Iran, ca. 1880
Pen, ink and gouache on paper, depicting four ladies and one man, all dressed in Persian vests highlighted in gold, cobalt-blue sashes and distinctive headdresses, picnicking under a large tree; the border containing poetry verses written in black nasta'liq script, interspersed with panels filled with polychrome flowers against a cobalt-blue ground; mounted on gold-dusted borders.
Image 23.7cm x 15.8cm; total including border 38cm x 27cm
Qajar paintings in the Safavid revival style represent a significant form of historical revivalism in nineteenth-century Persian art. From the second half of the century, artists increasingly drew on Safavid manuscripts and albums, reviving their elegant elongated figures, archaizing costumes and hairstyles, idealised landscapes, vivid colours and established compositional schemes. These elements were often combined with distinctly Qajar features, including elaborate decoration and, in some cases, European-inspired modelling and perspective.
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A SAFAVID REVIVAL MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTING YOUTHS PICNICKING IN A ROCKY LANDSCAPE
Qajar Iran, ca. 1880
Pen, ink and gouache on paper, depicting four ladies and one man, all dressed in Persian vests highlighted in gold, cobalt-blue sashes and distinctive headdresses, picnicking under a large tree; the border containing poetry verses written in black nasta'liq script, interspersed with panels filled with polychrome flowers against a cobalt-blue ground; mounted on gold-dusted borders.
Image 23.7cm x 15.8cm; total including border 38cm x 27cm
Qajar paintings in the Safavid revival style represent a significant form of historical revivalism in nineteenth-century Persian art. From the second half of the century, artists increasingly drew on Safavid manuscripts and albums, reviving their elegant elongated figures, archaizing costumes and hairstyles, idealised landscapes, vivid colours and established compositional schemes. These elements were often combined with distinctly Qajar features, including elaborate decoration and, in some cases, European-inspired modelling and perspective.
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