Youth Holding a Pomegranate; Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript
Reza Abbasi

Reza Abbasi

c. 1565 - 1635

Reza Abbasi (Persian: رضا عباسی), also known as Aqa Reza, was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I. He is considered to be the last great master of the Persian miniature, best known for his single miniatures for muraqqa or albums, especially single figures of beautiful youths.

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