Shaykh Zadeh
16th-century Iranian painter
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Shaykh Zadeh was a 16th-century miniaturist in Safavid Herat. In particular, he worked on the Cartier Hafiz, a copy of the Diwan of Hafiz by the 14th century poet Hafez.[1]
Works
Shaykh Zadeh worked from Herat, and often collaborated with Sultan Muhammad in Tabriz, the two probably communicating by courrier.[1] In the late 1520s, Shaykh Zadeh made two of the miniatures of the Cartier Hafiz, the Sermon in a mosque, which he signed with a small graffito, and the now-lost polo scene. Shaykh Zadeh's patron, the Herat potentate Husayn Khan Shamlu, is probably depicted in these two miniatures as a mature man with a full mustache.[1]
Feeling underappreciated, Shaykh Zadeh left Herat for the Khanate of Bukhara.[2]
Other miniatures
Laila and Majnun in School, Khamsa, Herat, 1524/1525 (MET 13.228.7)
"Battle between Alexander and Darius", Khamsa, Herat, 1524/1525 (MET 13.228.7)
Polo scene (lost), Cartier Hafiz, 1531
Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion, 1538, Bukhara
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