IlkhanidHorseArcher.jpg
Summary
Description IlkhanidHorseArcher.jpg | A Timurid drawing of an Ilkhanid horse archer |
Date |
15
th
century
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
|
Source | http://www.lacma.org/khan/5/6.htm archive copy at the Wayback Machine |
Author | Muhammad ibn Mahmudshah al-Khayyam |
Signed (lower right) Muhammad ibn Mahmudshah al-Khayyam Iran, early 15th century Ink and gold on paper Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Orientabteilung (Diez A fol. 72, 5.13) cat. 20 Photo: Ellwandt, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Although this drawing postdates the period of Ilkhanid rule and instead belongs to the Timurid dynasty (1370-1507) its subject is not a contemporary one. For example, the rider's costume (including his distinctive owl-feathered headdress) was no longer in fashion at the Timurid court, although the imagery must have appealed to a Timurid audience given the dynasty's claims to Mongol ancestry. The artist, Muhammad ibn Mahmudshah al-Khayyam, probably based his composition on an Ilkhanid work perhaps preserved in an album. These albums, which were first assembled in Iran in the fifteenth century, contained paintings, calligraphy, sketches, designs, and stencils for transferring designs that served as models and source materials for later generations of artists.
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