The Prince and the Petitioner late 16th century Attributed to Vali Jan Images containing emaciated horses in Persian art have sufi or mystical connotations, symbolizing the ascetic’s conquest of worldly appetites and ego. Here, a young sufi kisses the hoof of a prince’s horse, an ironic gesture of the spiritually pure in the face of princely pride. Although the drawing has been inscribed with the name of Vali Jan, an artist who emigrated to the Ottoman court, it is based on an original from around 1535 that has been attributed to Sultan Muhammad, a master artist at the court of Shah Tahmasp (r
The Prince and the Petitioner late 16th century Attributed to Vali Jan Images containing emaciated horses in Persian art have sufi or mystical connotations, symbolizing the ascetic’s conquest of worldly appetites and ego. Here, a young sufi kisses the hoof of a prince’s horse, an ironic gesture of the spiritually pure in the face of princely pride. Although the drawing has been inscribed with the name of Vali Jan, an artist who emigrated to the Ottoman court, it is based on an original from around 1535 that has been attributed to Sultan Muhammad, a master artist at the court of Shah Tahmasp (r. 1524–76).. The Prince and the Petitioner 450605
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