Keywords: Nasiruddin1.jpg en Nasir ud-Din Shah Qajar r 1850-95 by a European painter later 1800's Source http //www christies com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail asp sid intObjectID 4580060 SE CMWCAT04+126241+ 2D1383094372+ QR M+1+141+Aqc0000900+110108++Aqc0000900+ entry islamic T Lot SU 1 RQ True AN 142 downloaded Sept 2005 NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR EUROPEAN ARTIST SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY Oil on board he stands in an interior beside a chair dressed in blue coat with embroidered jacket over it a tall black cap with jewelled and feathered ornament a sword in one hand inscription possibly reading Mayer framed and glazed 8½ x 7in 21 6 x 17 6cm Lot Notes This painting is worked from an official photograph of Nasir al-Din Shah posing by a chair published in Layla Diba and Maryam Ekhtiar Royal Persian Paintings The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925 New York 1998 no 87 p 262 1800 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/latermughals/qajars/qajars html European painter Anonymous-EU Uploaded with UploadWizard Naser al-Din Shah Qajar |