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Bustan of Sa‘di
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Herat, 1488. Four double-page paintings signed by Behzad, including the Seduction of Yusuf, in a seven-storey palace of unprecedented architectural logic.Historical contextThis work belongs to the history of Miniature Painting, a tradition traced on Matchless Pieces from its origins to the present.
| Artist / Maker | Kemaleddin Behzad |
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About the Artist
c.1450–1535, Herat & TabrizThe greatest master of Persian miniature. Trained in Timurid Herat under Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Behzad broke with static court formulae: crowded, believable spaces, individualized faces and narrative wit. His paintings for Sa‘di’s Bustan (1488, Cairo) and Nizami’s Khamsa remain the summit of the Herat school. Under Shah Ismail he directed the Safavid royal library at Tabriz, shaping generations of painters. Full biography →
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