CONDITION USED GOOD, PERSIAN MASTERS , FIVE CENTURIES OF PAINTING , MARG HARDCOVER, 1990

This volume discusses in depth Persian painting spanning more than five centuries. It is the most recent link in the chain of accounts and analyses devoted to Persian painters and their masterpieces.

The works of front-rank Persian court painters like Pir Ahmad Baghshimali, Bihzad, Sultan Muhammad Tabriz, Riza, Mir Sayyid ‘Ali, Shaykh-Muhammad, Mu’in Musavvir, and Muhammad Isma’il Isfahan, bring alive the spirit of the age with its aesthetic appeal and communicative ability. Lavishly illustrated from material painstakingly researched by eminent scholars in archives all over the world, the volume is a collector’s item for classicists and historians.

Sheila R. Canby is a curator and authority on Islamic art and antiquities.