A PORTRAIT OF ZEYNAL KHAN SHAMLU (OR SYNAL CHAEN)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILE
Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 - 1629), Prague, circa 1604 - 1605
Engraving on paper, depicting a bust portrait of Zeynal Khan Shamlu, also known as Sinal Beig Shamlu, renowned Persian nobleman, military commander and ambassador of Shah Abbas I to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, wearing a heavy, multi-folded turban and brocaded overcoat with male figures in the wilderness, following the fashion of Safavid textiles of the time, with long hairy moustaches, set within an oval frame, lettered in Latin 'SYNAL CHAEN SERENISSIMUS PRINCEPS IN PERSIA. MAGNI SOPHI REGIS PERSARUM AD AUGUSTUM CAESAREM RUDOLPHUM II LEGATUS ' with a further inscription in Persian below loosely translating the Latin text, the paper watermarked with a tower towards the bottom of the page, mounted on a white cardboard frame, the page 23cm x 14.9cm.
A PORTRAIT OF ZEYNAL KHAN SHAMLU (OR SYNAL CHAEN)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH BIBLIOPHILE
Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 - 1629), Prague, circa 1604 - 1605
Engraving on paper, depicting a bust portrait of Zeynal Khan Shamlu, also known as Sinal Beig Shamlu, renowned Persian nobleman, military commander and ambassador of Shah Abbas I to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, wearing a heavy, multi-folded turban and brocaded overcoat with male figures in the wilderness, following the fashion of Safavid textiles of the time, with long hairy moustaches, set within an oval frame, lettered in Latin 'SYNAL CHAEN SERENISSIMUS PRINCEPS IN PERSIA. MAGNI SOPHI REGIS PERSARUM AD AUGUSTUM CAESAREM RUDOLPHUM II LEGATUS ' with a further inscription in Persian below loosely translating the Latin text, the paper watermarked with a tower towards the bottom of the page, mounted on a white cardboard frame, the page 23cm x 14.9cm.
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