Portrait of Mirza Muhammad Ebrahim Khan Saham al-Mulk
ca. 1856–57
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm) W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Stephen and Thomas Ettinghausen, in memory of Dr. Richard Ettinghausen and Dr. Elisabeth S. Ettinghausen, 2017
Accession Number
2017.692.1
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Abu`l Hasan Ghaffari, known as Sani' al-Mulk · 1814–1866
**Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Ghaffari Kashani (1814–1866), better known as Sani' al-Mulk, was a leading Iranian painter, miniaturist, lacquer artist, and book illustrator of the Qajar era.** Born in Kashan to a family with a long artistic lineage—he was the son of Mīrzā Moḥammad Ḡaffārī and great-nephew of the earlier painter Abu'l-Hasan Mostawfi Ghaffari—he became one of eleven notable painters in hi...