the period of 1465-153 Persian illustrator. The most famous master of Persian painting, he is important both for the paintings he executed and for the wider influence of the style associated with his name. Evidently orphaned at a young age, Bihzad is said to have been raised and trained by MIRAK, a painter and calligrapher employed in Herat by Husayn Bayqara.  Related Paintings of Bihzad :. | the theophany through Layli sitting framed within the prayer niche | Sikanar overcomes the Hosts of Dara | Portrait of the Uzbek emir Shaybani Khan,seen here wearing a Sunni turban | The Gatekeeper denies entrance by one unworthy of the garden | Jami as Apollonius and the minister Mir Ali Sher Nawa i as Alexander |
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Prosper Marilhat
French Academic Painter, 1811-1847, French painter. He painted his first landscapes and family portraits at Thiers and in the Auvergne before moving to Paris in 1829. After working as the pupil of Camille Roqueplan he was engaged by Baron Karl von H?gel for an expedition to the Near East (1831-3), from which he brought back numerous studies. He visited Greece, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, stayed in Egypt from October 1831 to May 1833 and returned by way of Rhodes and Corfu. Cairo, the villages of the Delta and Upper Egypt proved to be sources of inspiration for later works.
Palmer, Walter Launt
American, 1854-1932
May Wilson Preston
American , 1873-1949