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Walters Ms. W.713, Single leaf of a portrait of Shah Abbas I

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Walters Ms. W.713, Single leaf of a portrait of Shah Abbas I

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Manuscript

Single leaf of a portrait of Shah Abbas I


Text title

Portrait of Shah Abbas I


Abstract

According to the inscription in the upper panel, this painting depicts the Safavid ruler Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 996 AH / 1588 CE -- 1038 AH / 1629 CE). It was likely produced in India in the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. The Safavid ruler is shown in a stylized landscape. On the verso of the leaf is a sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script quoting verses by the Persian poet Saʿdī Shīrāzī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). These verses were executed in Samarqand by Muḥammad Amīn ibn Bābā Jān in 990 AH / 1582-3 CE.


Date

12th century AH / 18th CE





Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

25.5 cm wide by 38.0 cm high


Contents:

fols. W.713a - W.713b:
  1. Title: Portrait of Shah Abbas I
  2. Hand note: Nastaʿlīq script
  3. Decoration note: Blue, gray, and salmon borders decorated with illuminated floral and zoomorphic motifs

Decoration:

fol. W.713a:

  2. Title: Portrait of Shah Abbas I
  3. Form: Painting
  4. Label: According to the inscription in the upper panel, this painting depicts the Safavid ruler Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 996 AH / 1588 CE -- 1038 AH / 1629 CE). It was likely produced in India in the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. The Safavid ruler is shown in a stylized landscape. The blue, gray, and salmon borders are decorated with illuminated floral and zoomorphic motifs.

fol. W.713b:

  2. Title: Calligraphic verses
  3. Form: Text page
  4. Label: This is a sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script quoting verses by the Persian poet Saʿdī Shīrāzī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). These verses were executed in Samarqand by Muḥammad Amīn ibn Bābā Jān in 990 AH / 1582-3 CE. The blue, gray, and salmon borders are decorated with illuminated floral motifs.

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.


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