A HOROSCOPE OF ISKANDAR SULTAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY A HOROSCOPE OF ISKANDAR SULTAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY

A HOROSCOPE OF ISKANDAR SULTAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3006176

A Persian miniature painting, natural pigments and gold on paper. Depicting astrological signs with Persian inscriptions amongst flowers and scrolls.
Painting: 65 by 47 cm.

This miniature is painted after a leaf from the personal horoscope of Iskandar Sultan (died 1415), grandson of Timur, who ruled the province of Farsin, Persia. He is best known for his early military career and his patronage of the arts and sciences. This horoscope shows the positions of the heavens at the moment of Iskandar's birth on 25th April 1384.