Shah Tahmasp of Iran
1650
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1650
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Shah Tahmasp of Iran is a 1650 paint by Sahifa Banu, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A man in a white turban and gold-lined robe sits on a patterned carpet. His hands rest on a book. The background is plain gold leaf. This portrait was made in the 1600s. It shows a Persian ruler, Shah Tahmasp. The black handwriting below proves it was painted by Sahifa Banu. Look up her name if you want to see more work by this rare woman artist.
This Mughal portrait depicts Shah Tahmasp of Iran (r. 1524–1576) in solitary meditation, rendered in opaque watercolour and gold on paper by the artist Sahifa Banu, whose life remains undocumented. A Persian inscription in black beneath the painting identifies the subject and attributes the work to Banu, while the reverse features an illuminated calligraphy panel. The folio is part of a bequest to the museum by Lady Wantage in 1921.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Ṣaḥīfa Bānū (early 17th century) was a miniature painter during the reign of Jahangir.
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