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Seated man in his coat, by Muḥsin

Title	Seated man in his coat, by Muḥsin
Publication Date:	1615 (1025H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	227 mm x 134 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 265.4
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1615 (1025H)
Notes	Seated man in his coat, by Muḥsin. Wrapped in his fur-trimmed coat, a man crouches against the cold. His shaved head and large moustache make a strong contrast with the younger men in typical Safavid portraits. Nonetheless this was court fashion too. In 1618, the Italian traveller Pietro della Vale (died 1652) met Shah `Abbas I and travelled with him on military campaign in northern Iran: he later described the king’s shaven head and distinctive drooping moustache. Folio, ink, colours and gold on greenish paper, mounted on black-stencilled cream card, (recto:) tinted drawing of a seated man wrapped in his fur-trimmed coat, signed Muḥsin (lower left), with gold-flecked paper panels mounted above and below, mounted together in ruled frame, on album page, (verso:) backed with blank paper, Isfahan, Iran, dated 1025H, 1615.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)

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Seated man in his coat, by Muḥsin

Publication Date 1615 (1025H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 227 mm x 134 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 265.4

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1615 (1025H)

Notes Seated man in his coat, by Muḥsin. Wrapped in his fur-trimmed coat, a man crouches against the cold. His shaved head and large moustache make a strong contrast with the younger men in typical Safavid portraits. Nonetheless this was court fashion too. In 1618, the Italian traveller Pietro della Vale (died 1652) met Shah `Abbas I and travelled with him on military campaign in northern Iran: he later described the king’s shaven head and distinctive drooping moustache. Folio, ink, colours and gold on greenish paper, mounted on black-stencilled cream card, (recto:) tinted drawing of a seated man wrapped in his fur-trimmed coat, signed Muḥsin (lower left), with gold-flecked paper panels mounted above and below, mounted together in ruled frame, on album page, (verso:) backed with blank paper, Isfahan, Iran, dated 1025H, 1615.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)