A holy man under a tree teaching a young prince, Persia, Safavid, Isfahan, circa 1600
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April 26, 01:36 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ink drawing on paper, laid down on an album page with gold foliate border, black, gold and coloured rules, blue margins decorated with an arabesque of gold scrolling tendrils issuing composite palmettes and rosettes
drawing: 15.9 by 8.2cm.
leaf: 35 by 22.4cm.
‘Wereld, Natuur, Kunst’ (World, Nature, Art), in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 2005.
This fine drawing executed in black and red ink relates to the depictions of dervishes and their disciples by the master Persian artist Reza-i 'Abbasi and the first generation of artists following. See Canby 1998, p.78-79, no.51, and Swietochowski 1989, p.60, fig.23.
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