Young Man in Portuguese Dress
The arrival of European traders was soon reflected in the art of Safavid Iran. Male dress, poses from oil portraits, and the depiction of architecture and landscapes were all incorporated into traditional Persian paintings. Here the languid, handsome youth popular in many early seventeenth-century albums appears in the type of costume worn by Portuguese visitors to the court.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1955
Mid-17th century
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
17.8cm
55.121.23
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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