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Partly colored drawing pasted on an album leaf. ‘Young Prince with Brands on his Arm’
Iran, Isfahan; c. 1630
Drawing: 15.2 × 5.7 cm
This drawing was signed by Riza-i Abbasi, the most influential Persian artist during the reign of Shah Abbas and throughout the 17th century.
The young man with the round chin – identified as Prince Kamran Shah Hindi – is a good example of the ideals of a new era. Album leaves with charming but slightly decadent courtiers seem to have dominated the artistic scene, supplemented by portraits of Sufis, wrestlers, and other personages.
Branding oneself was actually a Sufi practice, which was intended to demonstrate spiritual strength, but on a secular level it was a sign of devotion to one’s beloved.
Lent to the exhibition
Deviant Ornaments
The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
28 November 2025 – 15 March 2026
The young man with the round chin – identified as Prince Kamran Shah Hindi – is a good example of the ideals of a new era. Album leaves with charming but slightly decadent courtiers seem to have dominated the artistic scene, supplemented by portraits of Sufis, wrestlers, and other personages.
Branding oneself was actually a Sufi practice, which was intended to demonstrate spiritual strength, but on a secular level it was a sign of devotion to one’s beloved.
Lent to the exhibition
Deviant Ornaments
The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
28 November 2025 – 15 March 2026
Inv. no. 139/2006
Published in:
Laurence Binyon, J. V. S. Wilkinson and Basil Gray: Persian miniature painting : including a critical and descriptive catalogue of the miniatures exhibited at Burlington House, January-March, 1931, London 1933, cat.no. 326 (no photo);
Sotheby’s, London 6/12-1967, lot 72;
Kjeld von Folsach: For the Privileged Few: Islamic Miniature Painting from The David Collection, Louisiana, Humlebæk 2007, cat.no. 82;
Sotheby’s, London 6/12-1967, lot 72;
Kjeld von Folsach: For the Privileged Few: Islamic Miniature Painting from The David Collection, Louisiana, Humlebæk 2007, cat.no. 82;