Album

Portrait of Ḥakím Masíḥ al-Zamán (d. 1650); single-page tinted drawing mounted on a detached album folio. Figure shown in profile with parts of face accented in colour against void ground. Outline of body is very faint, head seems to be floating on the page. Framed by thin red border with ribbons of gold;

Kind

artefact

Date

1640 CE