Miniature Art
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Gallery of paintings
Scene from the Demotte or "Great Mongol
Shahnameh
", a key Ilkhanid work, 1320s?
Tabriz, c.1370,
Abduction of Zal by the Simurgh
Bahram Gur Kills the Dragon
, in a
Shahnameh
of 1371, Shiraz, with a very Chinese dragon
"The construction of fortKhavarnaq" by Behzad,Herat c. 1494-1495,Timurid era.
Bath-house scene by Behzād
Rustam sleeps, while his horse Rakhsh fends off a tiger. Probably an early work by Sultan Mohammed, 1515-20
Khusraw discovers Shirinbathing in a pool, a favourite scene, here from 1548
Picnic scene, 1584
Poetry, wine and gardens are common elements in later works - 1585
Scene from Attar's
Conference of the Birds
, painted c. 1600
Prince Muhammad-Beik ofGeorgia
by Reza Abbasi, 1620
Young man with a whip
, 18th century version of the style of Reza Abbasi
Scene from Sa'di's
Gulistan
by Amir Khalil, 1427
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