Main Title: Portrait of Nasr-al-Din Shah Qajar (Bonhams)
Image Title: Full view 16697051

Holding institution:
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Data provider:
Harvard University Library
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Title:
Main Title: Portrait of Nasr-al-Din Shah Qajar (Bonhams)
Image Title: Full view 16697051
Alternative title:
Prince Nasir al-Din Mirza sitting for his portrait before the Russian artist A. D. Soltykov in 1838
Date:
1875
1925
late 19th/early 20th century
Description:
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: oil (substance), paperNote: General note: Based on a drawing by A. D. Soltykov, who accompanied the Russian mission to Persia, depicting himself drawing the Prince on a visit to Tabriz in 1838. The image was also a plate in Soltykov's Voyage en Perse (1851).
Type:
still image
paintings
Type (Narrower):
Paintings
Type (Broader):
Image
Subject:
kings and rulers
chairs
Islamic art
male portraits
artists
palaces
murals (any medium)
aigrettes (plumes)
servants
Provenance:
Bonhams, British auction house, contemporary (Former repository)
Extent:
62 x 85 cm
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001627784_URN-3:FHCL:28264434
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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