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Miniature “Al-Saqi” (portrait/portrait of a young man)
(منمنمة الساقي لوحة شخصية بورتريه لشاب)

Title	Miniature “Al-Saqi” (portrait/portrait of a young man)
Title Original	منمنمة الساقي لوحة شخصية بورتريه لشاب
Author	Reza Abbasi (1635-1575)
Author Original	رضا عباسي
Publication Date:	AD 1628-1627
Publication Place	- Khninko Museum
Subject	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper — Reza Abbasi Workshop
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 22.3 سم ، العرض : 13.5سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	449 ГРВ
Record ID	object;EPM;uc;Mus21;5;ar
Library Location	Khninko Museum
Date	AD 1628-1627
Notes	According to the inscriptions in the lower left corner of the composition, the artist of the painting is Reza Abbasi, the most prominent Iranian artist of the seventeenth century, the founder of the new style of painting and the head of the Isfahan School. Reza Abbasi violated the bright decorative color approach of classical Persian miniatures and turned to a more sober and unusual color combination. He chose the fine and sensitive calligraphy as his primary means of expression. The drink-server (in Persian, “the bartender”) is a young man who serves at banquets and pours the drink for the guests. The pourer in the shape of a gourd in his right hand indicates his role. The man is depicted wearing a malachite green dress and an orange scarf wrapped carelessly around his shoulders. His full face, his dreamy eyes, the strands of hair falling on his cheeks, his small, light hands, his respectful posture, and the gentle curves that seem to reflect the flexible rows of plants, all fit the traditional type of an effeminate young man (saki).
Sample Text	“The Miniature “Al-Saqi” (Portrait/Portrait of a Young Man)” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;5;ar

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Miniature “Al-Saqi” (portrait/portrait of a young man)

(منمنمة الساقي لوحة شخصية بورتريه لشاب)

Author Reza Abbasi (1635-1575)

Author Original رضا عباسي

Publication Date AD 1628-1627

Publication Place - Khninko Museum

Subject Opaque watercolor and gold on paper — Reza Abbasi Workshop

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول : 22.3 سم ، العرض : 13.5سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 449 ГРВ

Record ID object;EPM;uc;Mus21;5;ar

Library Location Khninko Museum

Date AD 1628-1627

Notes According to the inscriptions in the lower left corner of the composition, the artist of the painting is Reza Abbasi, the most prominent Iranian artist of the seventeenth century, the founder of the new style of painting and the head of the Isfahan School. Reza Abbasi violated the bright decorative color approach of classical Persian miniatures and turned to a more sober and unusual color combination. He chose the fine and sensitive calligraphy as his primary means of expression. The drink-server (in Persian, “the bartender”) is a young man who serves at banquets and pours the drink for the guests. The pourer in the shape of a gourd in his right hand indicates his role. The man is depicted wearing a malachite green dress and an orange scarf wrapped carelessly around his shoulders. His full face, his dreamy eyes, the strands of hair falling on his cheeks, his small, light hands, his respectful posture, and the gentle curves that seem to reflect the flexible rows of plants, all fit the traditional type of an effeminate young man (saki).

Sample Text “The Miniature “Al-Saqi” (Portrait/Portrait of a Young Man)” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;5;ar