Portrait of Mirza Hashem Amin Khalvat
This small pencil drawing is a portrait of Mirza Hashem Khan Amin Khalvat (Trustee of the Shah’s Private Household, d. 1877), who became the Governor of Kashan and later Isfahan. Painted by the renowned court painter, Abu’l Hasan Ghaffari, known as Saniʿ al-Mulk, it represents a glimpse into the artist’s practice, as it may have been a preparatory drawing for a painting. It shows the artist’s deft hand at producing sensitively rendered portraits of extraordinary immediacy that reflect an interest in photography and European conventions of portrait painting.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Mirza Hashem Amin Khalvat
- Artist: Abu`l Hasan Ghaffari, known as Sani' al-Mulk (Iranian, 1814–66)
- Date: mid-19th century
- Geography: Made in Iran
- Medium: Graphite on paper
- Dimensions: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
W. 4 in. (10.2 cm) - Classification: Codices
- Credit Line: Purchase, 2017 NoRuz at The Met Benefit, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.411
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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