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A Persian Ambassador

1721
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
In this fanciful scene, the Persian ambassador, Muhammad Reza Beg, stands at a carpet-draped balcony flanked by members of his entourage. Louis XIV’s 1715 reception of the Persians, held in the Hall of Mirrors, was modeled on the great embassy of Siam, which Vigoureux depicted in a companion painting.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Persian Ambassador
  • Artist: Jacques Vigoureux - Duplessis (French, before ca. 1680–ca. 1732)
  • Date: 1721
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: Unframed: 63 × 55 1/8 in. (160 × 140 cm)
    Framed: 87 13/16 × 68 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (223 × 173 × 12 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Institut de France, Abbaye Royale de Chaalis, Fontaine-Chaalis (MJAC-P 345)
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts