TAHMASP I IN A LANDSCAPE, TIBRIZ, 17TH CENTURY

Opaque pigment heightened with gold on paper, depicting Shah Tahmasp I seated with his servants in a landscape. Above two panels enclosing two Persian couplets written diagonally in nastaliq script, on the side Persian inscriptions reserved in clouds on a cream-colored ground. All ruled in gold and polychrome border decorated with floral motifs. 26 by 19 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE Tahmasp I (1514-1576) was an influential Shah of Persia, enjoyed the longest reign of any member of the Safavid dynasty, son and successor of Ismail I the founder of the Safavid dynasty.