拍品专文
Mu'in Musavvir (fl. ca. 1635-93) was one of the most prolific and renowned artists in 17th century Iran. In addition to illustrated manuscripts, he created a number of single-page drawings and paintings on a wide variety of subjects taking the genre to new heights (Massumeh Farhad, ‘The art of Mu’in Musavvir: A Mirror of his Times’ in Sheila Canby (ed.), Persian Masters: Five Centuries of Painting, Marg, 1990). Our painting of a seated prince in Indian attire listening in an attentive yet relaxed manner to his master, has been copied after a painting signed in Mu’in’s characteristically hurried hand, now in the Oriental Institute, St. Petersburg (Ms. D181, fol.9). It would certainly have been painted by a qualified and able student from Mu’in’s workshop. The European architecture in the landscape is uncharacteristic of Mu’in’s oeuvre and indicates an influence of Shaykh Abbasi (fl. ca. 1650-83 / 4).
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