Partly colored drawing pasted on an album leaf. ‘A Prince with Courtiers in a Landscape’. Attributed to Muhammad Qasim
A prince is seated under a tree, surrounded by a number of elderly courtiers, two young women making music, and a flock of young pages. On the other side of a little brook sits an old man with an open book that reads, “O God, forgive those with an obedient heart” – perhaps a slightly bitter comment on the company’s drinking.
The prince is most probably Shah Abbas II (1642-1666), one of Abbas the Great’s most competent successors although he, like many of his companions, had a hankering for alcohol.
This beautiful drawing, with the figures’ heavy, slightly melancholy eyelids, was undoubtedly made by Muhammad Qasim.
The prince is most probably Shah Abbas II (1642-1666), one of Abbas the Great’s most competent successors although he, like many of his companions, had a hankering for alcohol.
This beautiful drawing, with the figures’ heavy, slightly melancholy eyelids, was undoubtedly made by Muhammad Qasim.