Shaykh 'Abbasi (active from 1650–1684) was a Persian painter known for incorporating

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and Indian influences into his illustrations, a practice later adopted by

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Aliquli Jabbadar Aliquli Jabbadar (‘Alī-qolī Jabbadār) () was an Iranian artist, one of the first to have incorporated European influences in the traditional Safavid-era miniature painting. He is known for his scenes of the Safavid courtly life, especially ...

. His style evolved to become more Indian as his career went on – he painted Mughal emperors and drew particularly Indian heads, using similar techniques. His work has been proposed as evidence of a cultural exchange between 17th-century Iranian artists and

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artists from the same time period. A total of 25 paintings have been attributed to Shaykh 'Abbasi, including illuminations from manuscripts and miniatures featuring, among other subjects, the

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emperors and the Madonna and Child, colored in pale, transparent tones. Given the activities of contemporaneous artists, it is highly likely that he also painted on objects made from papier-mâché that was

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ed. He trained his two sons, 'Ali Naqi and Muhammad Taqi, in the same style. File:Woman in a European hat holding a flower, fol 18b.jpg, Woman in a European hat holding a flower, fol 18b from an album in the Walters Collection. File:A young Indian woman entertained by female musicians Fol 60b.jpg, A young Indian woman entertained by female musicians. Fol 60b from an album in the Walters Museum collection.jpg File:The Judgment of Solomon.jpg, The Judgment of Solomon. Image credits: Davids Museum Copenhagen. File:Musicians & Acrobats (Shaykh Abbasi), crop.jpg, Musician & acrobat, 1653-54. Chester Beatty Library

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{{authority control Iranian artists Iranian miniature painters 17th-century painters from Safavid Iran 17th-century Iranian painters

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