NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR (R.1848-96)

SIGNED LOUIS GUÉDY, PARIS, FRANCE, AUGUST 1889

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NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR (R.1848-96)
SIGNED LOUIS GUÉDY, PARIS, FRANCE, AUGUST 1889
Oil on canvas, with identification inscription in the upper left corner and signature in the lower left, in heavy gilt frame
Visible canvas 24 7/8 x 19in. (63.2 x 48.2cm.); framed 34 1/8 x 28 ¼in. (86.4 x 71.8cm.)

Engraved

In the upper left hand corner, Nass'r-ed-Din Schah de Perse Paris Août 1889
In the lower left hand corner, Louis Guédy pinxit

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Lot Essay

The reign of Nasir al-Din Shah (1848-96) was one of change and modernisation in Tehran. Nasir al-Din supported a local school of portraiture which abandoned the style of Fath 'Ali Shah in favour of a European-influenced academic style, ranging from state oil portraits to watercolours of unprecedented naturalism (Julian Raby, Qajar Portraits, London 1999, p. 56). This portrait of the Shah was painted by the French artist, Louis Guédy. It may well have been commissioned on one of the Shah’s trips to Europe.

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