Bihzad the period of 1465-153
Persian illustrator. The most famous master of Persian painting, he is important both for the paintings he executed and for the wider influence of the style associated with his name. Evidently orphaned at a young age, Bihzad is said to have been raised and trained by MIRAK, a painter and calligrapher employed in Herat by Husayn Bayqara.
Tamerlane leading the assault of the castle of the knights of the Hospitallers of Saint john at Smyrna mk90
Illustration by Bihzad or his workshop for the Zafar Nameh
Painting ID:: 34184
Tamerlane_leading_the_assault_of_the_castle_of_the_knights_of_the_Hospitallers_of_Saint_john_at_Smyrna mk90
Illustration by Bihzad or his workshop for the Zafar Nameh
His Ministers plead with the Sasanian king Hurmuzd to forgive his son Khusro mk90
Illustration attributed to Bihzad from the romance Prince Kusro and Queen Shirin in Nizami\'s Khamseh copied for the Timurid emir Ali Farsi Barlas
Herat
1494-95
Painting ID:: 34185
His_Ministers_plead_with_the_Sasanian_king_Hurmuzd_to_forgive_his_son_Khusro mk90
Illustration attributed to Bihzad from the romance Prince Kusro and Queen Shirin in Nizami\'s Khamseh copied for the Timurid emir Ali Farsi Barlas
Herat
1494-95
Bihzad the period of 1465-153
Persian illustrator. The most famous master of Persian painting, he is important both for the paintings he executed and for the wider influence of the style associated with his name. Evidently orphaned at a young age, Bihzad is said to have been raised and trained by MIRAK, a painter and calligrapher employed in Herat by Husayn Bayqara.