Detail - "A
Prince Entertained"1.attributed to
Abdol'-Aziz
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Detail -
"Court Scene in a Garden"2.signed by
Abdollah-e Mozahheb and dated 1581
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We use Turban styles to help us
estimate when a work was painted. But
ascertaining time is only part of it. Artists
tend to paint Turbans in a particular style. To
the left we can see a typical portrayal of
Safavid head gear in a miniature attributed to
Abdol'-Aziz 3. Please note that at the point of
the headdress where the cloth peaks at the taj'e
Haydari the cloth peaks equally both to the right
and to the left.
Please compare this to the Safavid head gear in a
work attributed to Abdollah-e Mozahheb. The cloth
peaks to the left of the taj'e Haydari and then
goes behind over to the right and covers the
left. This is so typical of Abdullah as to be
nearly a signature. I am developing a working
hypothesis that Abdollah painetd Turbams in a
Shiraz stle and the Abdol'-Aziz is in more
of a Tabriz style, |
Detail - "A
Prince Entertained".attributed to
Abdol'-Aziz3
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Detail -
"Court Scene in a Garden".signed by
Abdollah-e Mozahheb and dated 15814
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| Abdollah-e Mozahheb painted a
special Turban for Princes. Please note how
the cloth wraps around the taj'e Haydari in the
image on the right. In the image to the left
attributed to Abdol'-Aziz we see a Prince wearing
a conventionally wrapped turban. I also have
to note that the image of the prince by
Abdollah-e Mozahheb has the long thin neck
typical of the art of the court of Ibrahim Mirza.
The thick neck and death mask face in the work
attributed to Abdol'-Aziz is not something I
would expect to see from Abdollah-e Mozahheb.
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Detail - "A Prince
Entertained".attributed to Abdol'-Aziz5
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Detail - "Court Scene in a
Garden".signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb and
dated 15816
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| I can not help but comment on the
Mashrabiyya (wooded screen) in the miniature
attributed to Abdol'-Aziz. Please note the
Mashrabiyya on the right. This Mashrabiyya from a
signed miniature is what we can expect from
Abdollah-e Mozahheb. |
"A City Dweller
Desecrates a Garden" from the Haft Awrang of
Jami7.
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Detail - "A
Prince Entertained".attributed to
Abdol'-Aziz 8
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| The painting on the left is from
the Haft Awrang of Jami and is in the Welch
Painter D group. Based on this comparison I am
inclined to suggest that Painter D and
Abdol'-Aziz were two very different people. Also
please note how the prince in "A City
Dweller Desecrates a Garden" from the Haft
Awrang of Jami has a turban tied as we would
expect in a prince painted by Abdollah-e
Mozahheb.
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"A City Dweller Desecrates
a Garden" from the Haft Awrang of Jami9.
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Detail - "Court Scene in
a Garden".signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb and
dated 158110
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| The painting on the left is from
the Haft Awrang of Jami and is in the Welch
Painter D group. Based on this comparison I am
inclined to suggest that Abdollah-e Mozahheb must
be the painter of "A City Dweller Desecrates
a Garden" from the Haft Awrang of Jami. |
Related work
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 187 plate 71c.
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 229 plate 90.
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 187 plate 71c.
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 229 plate 90.
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 187 plate 71c.
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 229 plate 90.
- Simpson,
Marianna Shreve, and Farhad, Massumeh. Sultan
Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang, A Princely
Manuscript from Sixteenth-Century Iran. Page
165.Folio 179b
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 187 plate 71c.
- Simpson,
Marianna Shreve, and Farhad, Massumeh. Sultan
Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang, A Princely
Manuscript from Sixteenth-Century Iran. Page
165.Folio 179b.
- Soudavar,
Abolala. Art of the Persian Court. . New
York: Rizzoli, 1992, pages 229 plate 90.
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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