Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar
1840
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1840
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar is a 1840 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man in a bright, circular frame. He wears a tall, decorated hat with jewels and a robe in pink, green, and gold. The background is a simple oval with a dark border full of tiny patterns. His face is serious, with a long beard and dark, heavy eyebrows. The gold trim around the edges looks like it was added later, almost like a border on a book page. This style was common for important portraits in the 1800s. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.
A bust portrait of Aga Muhammad Khan Qajar, ruler of Persia, is rendered in opaque watercolour on paper. The figure is depicted facing forward, dressed in a dark pink garment adorned with an all-over gold floral pattern, complemented by white, jewelled shoulder pieces. A tall headdress is also worn. The painting originates from a series of portraits of Muslim rulers and was formerly owned by the Earl of Auckland, who served as Governor General from 1836 to 1842.
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