File:A portrait of Napoleon on horseback, signed by Mirza Reza Ibn Muhammad 'Ali Ashtiyani Tabrizi, Persia, Tabriz, Qajar, dated 1853.jpg
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English: A portrait of Napoleon on horseback, signed by Mirza Reza Ibn Muhammad 'Ali Ashtiyani Tabrizi, Persia, Tabriz, Qajar, dated 1853
Watercolour on paper with writing Painting: 21.3 by 15cm. Gouache on paper, a line of text above the painting in black nasta'liq script within 3 cartouches, ruled in colours and gold, framed Provenance: Mirza Muhammad Mustawfi Ashtiyani, a prominent Qajar official
'Picture of Napoleon setting up from Paris to fight the Commander of the Great Empire' (British Empire) On the left cartouche, a dedication: 'It was made, exactly as himself, for His Lordship Mr Qavam al-Dawlah 127[0] AH' (1853 AD) Qavam al-Dawlah is likely to be Mirza Muhammad Mustawfi Ashtiyani, a prominent Qajar Official who received the title 'Qavam al-Dawlah' in 1851 at his appointment as deputy to Prince Hishmat al-Dawlah in Azerbaijan. He was appointed minister of Khurasan in 1855, and later appointed to various posts including deputy governor of Isfahan, Fars and Minister of Customs and the Treasury. He died in 1873 (M. Bamdad, Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, 1700-1900, vol.III, Tehran, 1966, pp.267-72). In the right cartouche, signed as: 'Drawn by the most humble Mirza Reza son of Muhammad 'Ali Ashtiyani Tabrizi 127[0] AH' (1853 AD)' |
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