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Article
A Safavid ambassadress in Rome: the last testament of Teresa Sampsonia Shirley
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 218–27
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Brown-Hedjazi, Alexandria (Brown-Hedjazi, Alexandria)
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1. Last testament of Teresa Sampsonia Shirley, showing the witness signatures and seals. 1668. (Archivio di Stato di Roma, 30 Notai Capitolini, Officio 23, 1668 Maggio, fol.279r; Photograph the author).
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10. A lady called Teresia Sampsonia Shirley, by John Hoskins. 1620s. Watercolour on vellum. (Harley Gallery, Welbeck Estate, Nottinghamshire; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Teresa, or Teresia Sampsonia, Lady Shirley, by Anthony Van Dyck. c.1622. Oil on canvas, 214 by 129 cm. (Petworth House; © NTPL; photograph Derrick E. Witty).
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3. Sir Robert Shirley, by Anthony Van Dyck. c.1622. Oil on canvas, 214 by 129 cm. (Petworth House; © NTPL; photograph Derrick E. Witty).
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4. Pre-printed template for visitors to the hospital adjoining S. Maria Egiziaca, Rome. 1664. (Archivio del Pontificio Collegio Armeno, fondo S. Maria Egiziaca, Rome, Giustificativi dei pagamenti 1656–1673; courtesy Pontificio Collegio Armeno; photograph C. Santus).
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6. Frontispiece from Girolamo Rocchi: Funerale della Signora Sitti Maani Gioerida della Valle, Rome 1627. (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven).
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7. Sketch of Lady Shirley, by Anthony van Dyck. 1622. Pen and brown ink on paper, 19.9 by 15.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Detail of Fig.1, rotated 180 degrees, showing the wax seal attached to Sampsonia’s last testament. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
5. Tombstone of Sampsonia and Robert Shirley, S. Maria della Scala, Rome. (Photograph the author).
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8. Detail of Fig.5, showing the Safavid Rampant Lion. (Photograph the author).
Article
Cross-cultural diplomacy: a Safavid shield in the Medici armoury
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 968-975
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Rokhgar, Negar Sarah (Rokhgar, Negar Sarah)
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4. Detail of the painted ceiling in the Sala dell’Armeria (Room 21), Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, depicting a Persian soldier by Ludovico Buti. 1588–89. (Photograph the author).
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6. Medusa, by Caravaggio. 1595–98. Oil on canvas applied on a wooden shield, 60 by 55 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Shield. Persia, late 16th century. Gold damascened steel, Indian cane, silk, mother-of-pearl, leather and velvet, diameter 64.5 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing figures serving food to an authority on a higher seat.
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing men on horseback and on foot using spears and arrows to hunt lions.
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5. Silk fragment with a figured motif. Yazd, Persia, late 16th or early 17th century. Silk lampas, 70.5 by 36 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
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7. Shield. Persia, 17th century. Indian cane covered with silk, metal umbo painted in black with golden arabesque engravings and originally embellished with turquoises and other precious stones, 20 by 62 cm. (Palazzo Ducale, Venice).
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8. Tray with a scene of lovers in a pavilion. Gujarat, late 16th or early 17th century. Mother-of-pearl and lacquer on wood, diameter 43.5 cm. (Aga Khan Museum, Toronto).
Exhibition Review
Epic Iran
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 826-839
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Babaie, Susan (Babaie, Susan)
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Epic Iran Victoria and Albert Museum, London 29th May–12th September | :
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4. Ladies around a samovar, by Isma’il Jalayir. c.1870s. Oil on canvas, 156.5 by 213 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Qaran unhorses Barman. Tabriz, Iran, c.1525–35. Ink, watercolour and gold on paper, 47 by 31.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Figurine of a man. 3200–2900 BC. Bronze, height 17.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Full-size painted copy of a section of the interior of the dome of the Mosque of Sheikh Lutfallah, Isfahan. 1877. Oil and pigments on canvas, 1024 by 216 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Hunt for Paradise. Court Arts of Safavid Iran 1501-1576.
06/2004 | 1215 | 146
Pages: 407-408
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Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
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Hunt for Paradise. Court Arts of Safavid Iran 1501-1576. | editor: Canby, Sheila , editor: Thompson, Jon
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Non-western art unattributed:
34. Ardashir and the slave-girl Gulnãr (detail). Dated 934AH/1527-28. Houghton Shãhnãme fol.516b. (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London, MS1030.8).
Article
A Manuscript Made for the Safavid Prince Bahrām Mīrzā
06/1991 | 1059 | 133
Pages: 376-384
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Simpson, Marianna Shreve (Simpson, Marianna Shreve)
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46. Sarlauḥ on Folio 2b of Manuscript R.957. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
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50. Detail of Document by Muzaffar-'Alī in Fig.51. [Youth with Document Signed by Muzaffar-'Alī, Folio 1b of Manuscript R.957. Persian, Safavid Dynasty before 1549. 20.3 by 11.1 cm. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).]
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51. Youth with Document Signed by Muzaffar-'Alī, Folio 1b of Manuscript R.957. Persian, Safavid Dynasty before 1549. 20.3 by 11.1 cm. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
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51b. Youth Playing the 'Setar'. By Shah-Maḥmūd. Folio 148a of Manuscript H.2154, 1543/44. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
Non-western art unattributed:
42. Lacquer-Painted Front Binding of Manuscript R.957. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
Non-western art unattributed:
43. Filigree Doublure Front Cover of Manuscript R.957. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
Non-western art unattributed:
44. Folios 17b-18a of Manuscript R.957 with Verses by 'Abd al-Rahman Jami. Persian, Safavid Dynasty before 1549. Each Sheet 20.3 by 11.1 cm. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
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45. Detail of Sarlauḥ from Fig.46. [Sarlauḥ on Folio 2b of Manuscript R.957. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).]
Non-western art unattributed:
47. Opening Folios, 1b-2a of Manuscript R.957. Persian, Safavid Dynasty before 1549. Each Sheet 20.3 by 11.1 cm. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Youth with Book, Folio 2a of Manuscript R.957. Persian, Safavid Dynasty before 1549. 20.3 by 11.1 cm. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).
Non-western art unattributed:
49. Detail of Inscription Beneath Youth with Book in Fig.48. [Youth with Book, Folio 2a of Manuscript R.957. Persian, Safavid Dynasty before 1549. 20.3 by 11.1 cm. (Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul).]
Article
The 'Bute Hafiz' and the Development of Border Decoration in the Manuscript Studio of the Mughals
12/1985 | 993 | 127
Pages: 855-856+858-871
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Losty, J. P. (Losty, J. P.)
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10. A Page from the Divan of Katibi Copied by Sultan 'Ali in 1471. B. L. Or. 11844, f.3b.
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11. Detail Showing Note Giving the Date of Illumination, 1014/1605. B. L. Or. 14139, f.58a.
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12. Detail Showing European Man with a Scroll Bearing a Date of 1014/1605. B. L. Or. 14139, f.18a.
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13. Detail Showing Accession Notes by the Emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan. B. L. Or. 14139, f.1a.
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14. The Opening Pages of the Second Akbarnama, Remargined c. 1619. B. L. 12988, ff.1b, 2a.
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15. Illuminated Borders with Lion, Deer and Birds from the 1581 Gulistan. R. A. S. Pers. 258, ff.66b, 67a.
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16. Pages Showing the Arrangement of the Cartouches in the 'Bute Hafiz'. B. L. Or. 14139, ff.60b, 61a.
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17. Detail from the 1595 Baharistan Showing Border with Hunting Scene. Painted by Shivdas. (Ms. Elliot 254, f.10a, Bodleian Library).
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18. Border with Figures in a Landscape. Painted by Balchand. (Ms. Elliot 254, f.17a, Bodleian Library).
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19. Border with Figures in Cartouches. Painted by Khim. (Ms. Elliot 254, f.45b, Bodleian Library).
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23. Border Painted by Aqa Riza in 1599, from the Gulshan Album, (After Godard).
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24. Detail from the 'Bute Hafiz' Showing Figures in a Landscape. B. L. Or. 14139, f.2a.
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25. A Peri, f.18b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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26. A Yak, f.73b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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27. A European Musician, f.47a. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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28. A Man Making Sweets, f.35b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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29. A Man Fighting a Lion, f.35a. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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30. A Goldsmith, f.31b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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31. A Man with an Adze, f.40b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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32. A Brahmin Praying to the Sun, f.36a. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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33. A Split-Eared Yogi, f.100b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
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34. An Artist (Daulat?). B. L. Or. 14139, f.49a.
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35. Detail Showing Self Portrait by Daulat. B. L. Or. 12208, f.325b.
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36. Self Portrait, by Daulat, from the Gulshan Album. (After Godard).
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37. Ascetics in the Border Surrounding a Portrait of the Dervish Shah Daulat. Painted by Dilvarat, c. 1635. (Ms. 7B, f.25. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin).
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9. The Opening Page of the 'Bute Hafiz'. B. L. Or. 14139, f.1b.
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20. Detail of Border with Deer in Cartouches in an Arabesque. B. L. Or. 12208, f.285b.
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21. Detail from the 1595 Nizami Showing Huntsman with Musket. B. L. Or. 12208, f.132a.
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22. Border with a Man Holding a Book in a Cartouche, Surrounded by Birds and Flowers. B. L. Or. 12208, f.169b.
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38. Border with Workmen Preparing Books, from Jahangir's Album. (54. 116-2v. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.).
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39. Border from the Berlin Album. (Libri Pict. A. 117, f.24a. Staatsbibliothek, Berlin).
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40. Illuminated Border with Mythical Animals, Lion, Tiger, Deer etc. from Shah Tahmasp's Khamsa, Tabriz, 1539-43. B. L. Or. 2265, f.19b.
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41. Border with Elephants, Tiger and Jackals, from the 1595 Nizami. B. L. Or. 12208, f.204a.
Article
A Mughal Personage Velvet
11/1973 | 848 | 115
Pages: 721-725+727
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Kahlenberg, Mary (Kahlenberg, Mary)
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22. Velvet Polychrome, Safavid, Early Seventeenth Century. (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, No.962.60).
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23. Velvet, Polychrome, Safavid, Early Seventeenth Century. (Cleveland Museum of Art, No.32.42.)
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24. Velvet polychrome Safavid Early Seventeenth Century. (Royal Ontario Museum Toronto No.960.257).
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25. Detail from Shāh Jahān nāma, f. 122r. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen.
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26. Detail from Shāh Jahān nāma, f. 50v. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen.
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27. Detail from Shāh Jahān nāma, f. 72r. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen.
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28. Velvet, Polychrome, Mughal 1650-60. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, No.71.13.)
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29. Detail from the Velvet Reproduced in Fig.28.
Non-western art unattributed:
30. Mughal Painting of Europeans, Seventeenth Century. (Victoria & Albert Museum, I. M. 14-1913.)
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Detail from Shāh Jahān nāma, f. 97v. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen.
Short Notice
Three Exhibitions of Oriental Art
09/1949 | 558 | 91
Pages: 258+260-261
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Wellesz, Emmy (Wellesz, Emmy; Stross, Emmy; Wellesz, E. F.; Wellesz, E.)
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29. Seven Men in a Waterless Desert. From an Unknown Manuscript. Herat, about 1495 A. D.
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30. Rustam Striking a Door with His Mace. From a Manuscript of the Shahnama. 1490-1500 A. D. (British Museum.)
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27. The Death of Rustam: with His Last Strength He Shoots Shaghad Through the Tree-Trunk; His Horse Raksh Lies Impaled in the Pit. Illustration to the Shahnama of Firdausi. School of Tabriz, 1330-40 A. D. (British Museum.)
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28. Gushtasp Killing the Dragon. From a Manuscript of the Shahnama. Probably Shiraz, about 1420 A. D. (British Museum.)
Article
The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
10/1939 | 439 | 75
Pages: 156-157+160-163
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Lane, Arthur (Lane, Arthur; L., A.)
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Plate I. A-Blue-and-White Tiles from Damascus. About 1425. B-G-Dishes from Kubachi (B, C Black and Green; D Polychrome; E, F, G Blue-and-White). Fifteenth to Sixteenth Century (All in the Victoria and Albert Museum, B Kelekian Loan). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
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Plate II. A-Polychrome Dish from Kubachi about 1600. (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
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Plate II. B-Polychrome Dish from Kubachi. About 1600. (Victoria and Albert Museum, Kelekian Loan). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
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Plate II. C-Polychrome Wall-Tiles. Early Seventeenth-Century (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
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Plate III. A-Polychrome Wall-Tiles. About 1550. (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
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Plate III. B-Polychrome Wall-Tile from Khorassan. About 1600. (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
Article
Persian Drawings-II
08/1936 | 401 | 69
Pages: 59-61+64-65+68-69
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Sakisian, Armenag (Sakisian, Armenag; Sakisian, A.)
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Plate IV. C-The Turkoman Prince, Yusuf, by Shah Muhammad. Tabriz. End of the Fifteenth Century (Mr. Armenag Sakisian). Persian Drawings
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Plate VII. A-The Teacher and His Pupil, by Agha Riza. Ispahan. Beginning of the Seventeenth Century (Mr. H. Vever, Paris). Persian Drawings
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Plate IV. A-Shirin Surprised While Bathing, by Muhammad-El-Khayyam. Herat. Beginning of the Fifteenth Century (Mr. Armenag Sakisian). Persian Drawings
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Plate IV. B-Pastoral Scenes. School of Herat. Beginning of the Fifteenth Century (Mr. J. Hirsh, Geneva). Persian Drawings
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Plate V. A-Children Mounted on Asses Jousting. School of Tabriz. Sixteenth Century (University Library, Instanbul). Persian Drawings
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Plate V. B-A Winged Angel. School of Herat. Second Half of the Fifteenth Century (University Library, Instanbul). Persian Drawings
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Plate V. C-Two Monsters. School of Herat. Beginning of the Fifteenth Century. 21 by 14 cm. (Mr. Armenag Sakisian). Persian Drawings
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Plate VI. A-A Lion Stalking a Deer. Safavid School. Sixteenth Century (Major D. Macauley, London). Persian Drawings
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Plate VI. B-The Lord and the Peasant. Safavid School. Beginning of the Sixteenth Century. 11.5 by 8.5 cm. (Mr. S. Kaiserlian, Nice). Persian Drawings
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Plate VI. C-The Old Hack. Safavid School. End of the Seventeenth Century (Mr. J. Pozzi, Paris). Persian Drawings
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Plate VI. D-The Dromedary. Tabriz. Middle of the Sixteenth Century. 19 by 14 cm. (Mr. S. Kaiserlian, Nice). Persian Drawings
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Plate VII. B-A Young Woman with a Tambourine. Safavid School. Beginning of the Seventeenth Century (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U. S. A.). Persian Drawings
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Plate VII. C-The Lady of Fashion and the Beggar. Safavid School. Beginning of the Seventeenth Century (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris). Persian Drawings
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