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Find the man in a gold, fur-lined jacket taking notes on a list among the horses, then follow the spiral of branded horses down to the brawl at lower left.
Aliquli Jabbadar’s signature at the upper left names the shah as ‘Abbas II, though he had died in 1666, before the picture was painted. Above, the shah sits by a column at the royal stables in Isfahan, with a golden halo, kneeling courtiers and attendants serving fruit and wine. Below, branded horses wheel in a spiral while a brawl breaks out. The Art Institute of Chicago sees here a new, almost reporter-like Persian painting of the later 1600s, with people drawn as individuals.
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper · Page: 46.8 × 31.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Royal Horse Inspection
- Artist
- Iran, probably Isfahan Aliquli Jabbadar
- Date
- Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), late 17th century
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: 46.8 × 31.1 cm, Painting: 23.1 × 17 cm (Page: 18 1/2 × 12 1/4 in., Painting: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.