56 – Samsam ibn Zulfaqar known as Mosaver al-Mamalek – Amir touman

Price realized: 3.3 Billion Rials (IRR)

Name

Artist

Dimensions

95×66 cm

Signed

Technique

Oil-color painting on textile

Year of creation

1918

Biography

Samsam ibn Zulfaqar known as Mosaver al-Mamalek, nicknamed by Mossavar Al-Mamalek, is one of the great painters of the late Qajar to early Pahlavi era which numerous works of him have been left in the technique of oil painting, Siyah-Ghalam, and watercolor painting. Including: oil painting that shows Sardar Asad Bakhtiari on horseback which is kept in the Chehelsotun Palace Museum in Isfahan and a painting of the General Mardiros Mardirosian’s bust which is preserved in the museum of Amena perkich Monastery in Isfahan.