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Persian Miniature Painting: Portrait of Young Woman Mirza Ali circa 1540

Portrait of a Young Woman Aqa Mirak (?) Plate 57. Persia, Circa 1500, Collection of L. Cartier, Paris, France La Miniature En Orient by Ernst Kuhnel 1925 This miniature is a single page portrait formerly in the Ducote collection. This same figure is found in several versions in the miniatures of the Safavi period. A similar woman, colored differently, is found in Martin's discussion of the Bellini Collection. M. Sarre possessed another example. The composition is very similar but reversed. A lesser and cruder version can be found in the Marteau collection with the signature of the master Pir Ali. Translator's Note: In his discussion of this miniature Stuart Cary Welch attributed this piece to Mirza Ali circa 1540. 1. This seems appropriate

Portrait of a Young Woman	Seated Princess Attributed to Mohammadi, Herat, circa 1565, By Soudavar. 2. While obviously a copy of the earlier work there are many key differences in execution. Some of the clues to attribution are the light green and the technique and color of the cypress tree.
Detail - Portrait of a Young Woman	Detail - Seated Princess
Detail - Portrait of a Young Woman	Detail - Seated Princess
Portrait of a Young Woman	Detail - Nushaba Recognizes Iskandar From His Portrait attributed to Mirza Ali, Qazvin, circa 1540 3. From the Khamsa of Nizami.

1. Welch, Stuart Cary Wonders of the Age. Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. 1979. cat. 84, page 185 and plate 70.

2.Soudavar, Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. New York: Rizzoli, 1992, page 237plate 93.

3. Welch, Stuart Cary. Persian Painting Five Royal Manuscripts of the Sixteenth Century. New York: George Braziller. 1976. Page 80, plate 24.

N.B. My ongoing translation and commentary on "La Miniature En Orient" is a work in progress. I am publishing it one plate at a time in no particular order. I flip through the book and look for one that looks fun and then I do that one next. I suppose the order in which I publish them says something about my taste in art. My primary goal with this project is not to teach you about Islamic Art but rather it is to teach myself a little about Islamic Art. If I make an error please let me know. I am also doing the project this way so that if I make an error perhaps one of you will catch it for me. By the way I also decided that this would be a chance to learn a little more French, since I barely know enough to make it through a French menu.

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