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Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a white turban and long robe standing before a stone pedestal, with an obelisk and towers in the background.

Portrait of Ismail, Ambassador of the Persian Shah Tahmasp I, Standing

An engraving in black ink on cream paper shows a bearded man in a tall white turban with feathered plumes, wearing a long fur-trimmed robe and standing before a stone pedestal. Behind him rise an obelisk and distant towers under a cloudy sky, with a small monogram at upper right.

Artist
Lorck, Melchior
Date
1573
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2181 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1573).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Español: Retrato de Ismail, embajador del Sah persa Tahmasp I, de pie

Un grabado en tinta negra sobre papel crema muestra a un hombre barbado con un turbante alto y blanco con plumas, vestido con una larga túnica con ribetes de piel, de pie ante un pedestal de piedra. Detrás se alzan un obelisco y torres lejanas bajo un cielo nublado, con un pequeño monograma en la esquina superior derecha.

Português: Retrato de Ismail, embaixador do xá persa Tahmasp I, em pé

Uma gravura em tinta preta sobre papel creme mostra um homem barbado com um turbante alto e branco com plumas, vestindo um longo manto com acabamento de pele, em pé diante de um pedestal de pedra. Ao fundo erguem-se um obelisco e torres distantes sob um céu nublado, com um pequeno monograma no canto superior direito.