Back to Search

Persian miniature mounted as a single panel
(منمنمة فارسية مثبتة كلوحة فردية)

Title	Persian miniature mounted as a single panel
Title Original	منمنمة فارسية مثبتة كلوحة فردية
Author	Attributed to Muhammad Qasim (miniature); Attributed to Razi Taleghani (frame)
Author Original	منسوب إلى محمد قاسم المنمنمة ؛ منسوب إلى رازي طالقاني الإطار
Publication Date:	Mid-11th century AH / mid-17th century AD (miniature); Late 13th century AH / late 19th century AD (frame)
Publication Place	- Rietberg Museum
Subject	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	أبعاد الكلية: 34.2 × 28.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2005,45
Record ID	object;EPM;sw;Mus21;1;ar
Library Location	Rietberg Museum
Date	Mid-11th century AH / mid-17th century AD (miniature); Late 13th century AH / late 19th century AD (frame)
Notes	The miniature was executed in opaque watercolours and can probably be attributed to the Safavid artist Muhammad Qasim. The rural scene is dominated by a couple of princes riding on horses, greeted by six men of different ages, accompanied by four women. There are significant stylistic and compositional similarities to the so-called Windsor-Shahnameh, which was completed in 1648 and had been in the possession of the English Crown since 1839. It is suggested that the miniatures were originally intended as illustrations for this manuscript of the Book of Kings. The arabesque-decorated border is very likely the work of the Qajar illuminator Razi Taleghani. This conclusion was made due to the many striking similarities with many similar works of the artist that appeared on the markets in Paris and London at the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century. Such diffusion of his works in Europe are fruits that resulted from his collaboration with Sidney Churchill (1862-1921) in the second half of the 1880s. As a civil servant of the British Empire, Churchill was working in Iran. The composition on thick cardboard belies its use as part of an album (in Persian muraqqa), which is confirmed by the remains of brown paper on the back: a technique that was typically used to cover the back side of small Western picture frames, typically used for pictographs or photographs.
Sample Text	Axel Langer “Persian miniature mounted as a single panel” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;sw;Mus21;1;ar

View in source Museum With No Frontiers Museum With No Frontiers - Ottoman library catalog search

Museum With No Frontiers

Persian miniature mounted as a single panel

(منمنمة فارسية مثبتة كلوحة فردية)

Author Attributed to Muhammad Qasim (miniature); Attributed to Razi Taleghani (frame)

Author Original منسوب إلى محمد قاسم المنمنمة ؛ منسوب إلى رازي طالقاني الإطار

Publication Date Mid-11th century AH / mid-17th century AD (miniature); Late 13th century AH / late 19th century AD (frame)

Publication Place - Rietberg Museum

Subject Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions أبعاد الكلية: 34.2 × 28.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2005,45

Record ID object;EPM;sw;Mus21;1;ar

Library Location Rietberg Museum

Date Mid-11th century AH / mid-17th century AD (miniature); Late 13th century AH / late 19th century AD (frame)

Notes The miniature was executed in opaque watercolours and can probably be attributed to the Safavid artist Muhammad Qasim. The rural scene is dominated by a couple of princes riding on horses, greeted by six men of different ages, accompanied by four women. There are significant stylistic and compositional similarities to the so-called Windsor-Shahnameh, which was completed in 1648 and had been in the possession of the English Crown since 1839. It is suggested that the miniatures were originally intended as illustrations for this manuscript of the Book of Kings. The arabesque-decorated border is very likely the work of the Qajar illuminator Razi Taleghani. This conclusion was made due to the many striking similarities with many similar works of the artist that appeared on the markets in Paris and London at the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century. Such diffusion of his works in Europe are fruits that resulted from his collaboration with Sidney Churchill (1862-1921) in the second half of the 1880s. As a civil servant of the British Empire, Churchill was working in Iran. The composition on thick cardboard belies its use as part of an album (in Persian muraqqa), which is confirmed by the remains of brown paper on the back: a technique that was typically used to cover the back side of small Western picture frames, typically used for pictographs or photographs.

Sample Text Axel Langer “Persian miniature mounted as a single panel” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;sw;Mus21;1;ar