Abdallah Khan

Abdallah Khan was a Persian painter and architect, active between 1810 and 1850 in Tehran. He received his apprenticeship in the royal workshops. In 1839, he was appointed by the King of Persia, Mohammad Shah Qajar (d. 1848), as painter laureate, court architect and supervisor of the royal workshops.[1]

Khan's best known work is a mural covering three internal walls of the Nigaristan Palace in Tehran, including 118 life-size figures. An inscription at the bottom of the painting attributes it to Khan, dated 1812-13.[1] He painted several full-length portraits of King Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar (d. 1834).[1] Khan was also imperial designer of Fat′h-Ali Shah's marble cenotaph in Qum.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jonathan Bloom, Sheila Blair, "The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture", Volume 2, Oxford University Press (2009), 'Abdallah Khan pp.3-4, ISBN 978-0-19-537304-2. Online version retrieved on Google Books 2012-03-18.

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