Portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah

细节

Portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah
and small sketch in his own hand
Persia, 29 June 1891 AD

oil on primed and stretched canvas, bust portrait of the Shah who wears black hat and black jacket with a large emerald on a chain, notes in pencil in English, small tree below painted by the Shah himself, note on verso signed by P. Macgregor Wilson
14 x 10in. (40.6 x 25.4cm.)

拍品专文

The note on the reverse reads as follows: 'Sketch of H.M. the Shah of Persia painted by me on June 29th 1891 at 4pm. in presence of Dr. Tholozan and others. The tree under the head was painted by H.M. the Shah at the same time. P. Macgregor Wilson'