Reza Abbasi
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Reza Abbasi, also known as Agha Reza, was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I. He is considered
Posthumous portrait of Reza Abbasi by his student Mo'en Mosavver. Created in Isfahan on 19 April 1676
Youth reading, 1625–26
Reclining woman, 1595
Two Lovers, 1630
Persian miniature
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A Persian miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broad
Yusuf and Zulaikha (Joseph chased by Potiphar's wife), by Behzād. Bustan of Sa'di, Herat, 1488, created for Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara
Camp scene from late in the classic period, with no frame (c. 1556-1565), Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Majnun (at top wearing orange) spies on his beloved Layla (standing in tent doorway).
Saki, album miniature by Reza Abbasi, 1609
Nighttime in a City: urban activity in the Safavid capital of Tabriz, painted circa 1540 for Shah Tahmasp (Sackler Museum, 1958.76).