1800 to 1900
A prince embracing his lady on a cushion before attendants, musicians and dancers
Painting on lacquered papier mâché, dated 1815 approx. Inside illustration also depicts a scene in a Zenana, but in daytime – a prince is shown visiting his lady with an attendant, musicians and a dancer. Qajar period.
A prince is shown visiting his lady with an attendant, musicians and a dancer
Painting, lacquered papier mâché, 1815 approx.
A man embracing a woman on a cushion surrounded by attendants, musicians and dancers
Book cover with painted illustrations on both sides. Outside illustration. Painting, lacquered papier mâché,
cardboard, dated 1815 approx.
Book cover with painted illustrations on both sides.
Inside illustration also depicts a scene in a
Zenana, but in daytime. Painting, lacquered papier mâché, cardboard, dated 1815 approx. Persian art, Qajar period.
Daytime scene in a Zenana, or harem.
Two lovers are shown before attendants, musicians and a dancer. Book cover with painted illustrations on both sides. Lacquered papier mâché, cardboard dated 1815 approx.
Two lovers are shown with attendants, musicians and a dancer
Book cover with painted illustrations on both sides. Inside horizontal illustration also depicts a scene in a Zenana, but at night. Painting, lacquered papier mâché, cardboard, dated 1815 approx.
A man embracing a woman before attendants, musicians and dancers
Book cover with painted illustrations on both sides. Lacquered papier mâché, cardboard dated 1815 approx.
A man smoking a water-pipe beside a woman with an attendant, musicians and a dancer
Painting, lacquered papier mâché, cardboard 1815 approx.
Dancing girl with castanets. Qajar dynasty, Iran
Painting, oil on canvas, 1815 approx. 158 x 90 cm.
Two girls and a boy dance against a void background
Opaque watercolour on paper, 1820 approx. 21.6 x 32 cm. The beardless boy, perhaps a eunuch, has shorter hair than the girls and a fur hat with a crown similar to some found in 18th-century paintings. In 19th-century Iran, large-scale oil paintings on canvas and album paintings with no narrative content proliferated. Female dancers and musicians who in earlier eras would have been depicted performing for a prince and his retinue or family, now were shown alone.
Entertainment for a young couple
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, 1825 approx. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Qajar Style.
Court dancer doing a handstand
Watercolor 1825 approx. 16.1 x 10.7 cm. Carpet.
A dancing girl; single-page painting mounted on album folio
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 1830 approx. 22.4 x 18 cm.
Dancing girl reclining on a white rug with foliate design against a dark green pillow.
Painting on paper, 1830 approx. 22.4 x 18 cm.
A dancing girl. Figure with hennaed hands sitting on an ornate chair placed on a white rug with foliate decoration
Painting on paper, 1830 approx. 22.4 x 18 cm.
Dancing girl with long hair and hennaed hands wearing an ornate red tunic with a blue skirt
Painting on paper, 1830 approx. 22.4 x 18 cm.
Dancing girl with raised arms and hennaed hands wearing a colourful striped jacket
Painting on paper, 1830 approx. 22.4 x 18 cm.
Tchenka, or Persian public dancer (Tchenka ou danseuse publique persane)
Print, 1838.
Tchenky, or Persian public dancer (Tchenky, or Persian public dancer)
Print, 1838.
Portrait of a dancer
single-page painting mounted on album folio. Ink and opaque watercolour on paper, dated 1842, 18.3 x 11.3 cm. A dancer with raised arms wears a transparent pink blouse which stops short of her bright orange skirt and reveals her breasts and belly. Over her blouse is a short green flowered jacket. A yellow veil is draped from a red and white striped cap adorned with a feather and jewels. Album contains 19 paintings of Persian costumes.
A dancing girl with hennaed hands sitting on an ornate chair
Placed on a white rug with foliate decoration. Painting on paper, 1830 approx. 22.4 x 18 cm. Portraits of celebrities of the Persian court.
Dancing girl reclining on a white rug
With foliate design against a dark green pillow. Ink and
opaque watercolour on paper, 1830 approx. 22.4 x 18 cm.
Jules Laurens (France, 1825-1901) Street artists in Teheran
Watercolored drawing, 1848 approx. 35 x 28 cm.
Female dancer (Danseuse)
Drawing, gouache and gold on paper, 1850 approx. 32 x 20 cm. Qajar Art.
Dancer
Painting, oil on canvas, 1850 approx. 162.5 x 102 cm.
Scene of entertainment Qajar
Ceramic tile, wooden frame, 1850 approx. 26.5 x 20.5 cm.
Shah Abbas receives Mohamed Shah Hindi
Musicians and two female dancers. Painting, oil on
canvas, 1850 approx.
Dancing girl posturing on a carpet (Danseuse posant sur un tapis)
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature 1850 approx. 21×14 cm. Post-Safavid period, Qajar style.
Scene with dancers and musicians
Tapestry, wool, 1850 approx. 112 x 90 cm. Kashan carpet.
Valnay; Tauxier; Whirling dervishes
(Derviches tourneurs). Print, 1850 approx.
Pasisi (drawing); J. Worms (drawing) Scenes from the Persian life. A halt at Kaswin
(Scènes de la vie persane. Une halte à Kaswin). Print, woodcut, 1857, 22.7 x 23.2 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
Ph. Blanchard (drawing): Persian court dancers at Tchekhmakly (Bayadères persanes à
Tchekhmakly)
Print, woodcut, 1857, 17.5 x 23 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
Schoeft (painting) Court dancers in a Persian palace
Print, woodcut, 1858, 23 x 32.2 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
Evening in Enderoum (Soirée dans l’Enderoum)
Print, woodcut, 1862, 10 x 14.8 cm.
Ceremony in the court
Painting on ceramic tile, 1860 approx.
Ármin Vámbéry (Hungary, 1832-1913) (drawing)
The Nakhisbendi dervishes dancing in Bokhara (Les derviches Nakhisbendi, à Bokhara). Print, 1865, 9.8 x 16.6 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
Character sketches in Persia, by a native artist. Dancing girl
Print, 1873, 9 x 7.2 cm, Alkis Raftis Collection.
Adrien Marie (France, 1848-1891) (drawing) “The beautiful Persian lady” at the Renaissance Theater: Namouna (Miss Jeanne Hading) before the Prince (Miss Gélabert)
Print, wood, 1879, 31.2 x 21.6cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
Visit of the Shah of Persia to the City – The ball in the Guildhall
Print, 1873, 30 x 22.5 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
The Shah of Persia in Scotland
A Highland dance before the Shah, given by Sir Algernon Borthwick, at Invercauld House, Braemar
Print, 1889, 10 x 22.6 cm. Alkis Raftis.
Heinz or Hans Pinggera (Austria)
In a Babylonian court. Painting, oil on canvas, 1895 approx. 96 x 141 cm.
Sydney Prior Hall (U.K., 1842-1922) (drawing)
The Shahzadah at the state ball at Buckingham Palace. Print, 1895, 30.5 x 22.8 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
The belly dance (La danse du ventre)
Print, lithograph 1899 9 x 22 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
From Dr. Schulz’s collection of Persian objects. Trunk with lacquered painting (Aus der Dr. Schulz’schen Sammlung persischer Kunstgegenstände. Truhe mit Lackmalerei)
Print, woodcut 1900, 8 x 10 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
From Dr. Schulz’s collection of Persian objects. Copy of a wall painting (Aus der Dr. Schulz’schen Sammlung persischer Kunstgegenstände. Copie eines Wandgemäldes)
Print, woodcut 1900, 10.2 x 12.8 cm. Alkis Raftis Collection.
Horse dance (Danse du cheval)
Drawing, 1900 approx.
