Muhammad Haravi
Muhammad Haravi ("Muhammad of Herat", active 1560-1590), also called Muhammadi, was a Safavid painter of the mid-16th century, officiating particularly at the court of Shah Tahmasp and his successors.[1]
From the mid-16th century, Muhammadi took the forefront of painting creation in Persia, together with other famous figures such as Mirza Ali and Shaykh Muhammad.[2] These artists, led by Muhammadi, excelled in harmonizing Persian painting with Persian poetry.[2] Their style would be later adopted and popularized by Riza Abbasi.[2]
His productivity seems to have peaked in the service of Hamza Mirza. Towards the end of his career, he experimented with monotone tinted paintings, in green or yellow.[3]
Painting of a seated princess, most likely Pari Khan Khanum, 1574-77.[4]
Muhammadi. Portrait of Russian Ambassador. (G.B. Vasilchikov) Herat, 1580s
Lovers in a landscape
Monotone portrait of Ali-Qoli Khan Shamlu, 1584
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Sources
[edit]- Soudavar, Abolala (2000). "The Age of Muhammadi". Muqarnas. 17. Leiden: Brill: 53–72. doi:10.2307/1523290. ISBN 9004116699. ISSN 2211-8993. JSTOR 1523290. OCLC 59515859.
References
[edit]- ↑ Shenasa, Nazanin Hedayat (2008). Donning the Cloak: Safavid Figural Silks and the Display of Identity. Textile Society of America. p. Fig.4.
- 1 2 3 Soudavar 2000, p. 53.
- ↑ Necipogulu, Gulru; Roxburgh, David J. (July 2000). Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World. BRILL. p. 66. ISBN 978-90-04-11669-6.
- ↑ Soudavar 2000, pp. 60, 68.