QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PORTRAIT OF NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR (D.1896)
QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH
CENTURY
Oil on canvas, depicting Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar seated and flanked by two Qajar officials within an interior, mounted
6ft.5 ½in. x 6ft.2in. (197 x 188cm.)

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Lot Essay

The present painting of the seated Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848-96) follows Sani al-Mulk's famous 1854 portrait on a larger-than-life scale (Musee de Louvre, acc. no. MAO 776). Other full length paintings of the youthful seated Nasir al-Din Shah are in the Israel Museum (acc. no. B69.0537) and the British Museum (acc. no. 1947,0210,0.1). Both the size of the present painting and its arched top suggest that it was made with a specific site in mind.

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