Album

Portrait of Shah ʿAbbas I of Persia; single-page painting mounted on a detached album folio. Shah stands with hands on hips, wearing an orange tunic and green turban. He carries a sword in a blue sheath. Dark green ground. Framed by plain border; margin decorated with alternating red poppy and pink tulip motif;

Kind

artefact

Date

1613–1619 CE