Iranians Collection

Audience of Darius I. Persian art
DARIUS I the Great (550 BC-486BC). Persian Emperor (522-486 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Representation of the king on his throne during hearing with officers Medes. Treasury Hall of the palace

IRAN. Pasagarda. Tomb of Cyrus II the Great, founder of Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Architecture

A village Bazaar - Iran Date: circa 1910s

Love in Twenty-four Languages (colour litho)
8656920 Love in Twenty-four Languages (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Love in Twenty-four Languages)

Golfspiel / Golf Game (colour litho)
8666149 Golfspiel / Golf Game (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Golfspiel)

Map showing the Timurid Empire (print)
7420052 Map showing the Timurid Empire (print); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured)
7342606 Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured) by Temple, R

Plans of Ports, Dalrymple, Alexander published in 1791. A plane chart of the Gulf of Persia, by Lieut
7340868 Plans of Ports, Dalrymple, Alexander published in 1791. A plane chart of the Gulf of Persia, by Lieut. John Cant 1773, 1791 (print) by Dalrymple

Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured)
7342607 Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured) by Temple, R

Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured)
7342604 Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured) by Temple, R

Persian limestone bull's head
5305180 Persian limestone bull's head.; (add.info.: Persian limestone bull's head from the Achaemenian Period. Dated 5th Century BC.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Groom with a Horse, Sadiqi Beg Afshar, 1603-4 (watercolour, gouache, white colour, ink on paper)
FIA5634322 A Groom with a Horse, Sadiqi Beg Afshar, 1603-4 (watercolour, gouache, white colour, ink on paper); State Hermitage Museum, St

Map showing the coming of the Seljuks, 11th century. (print)
7420047 Map showing the coming of the Seljuks, 11th century. (print); (add.info.: Map showing the coming of the Seljuks, 11th century. From the book Outline of History by H.G)

reliefs from the Tripylon Stairs of Persepolis (low relief)
UIG5415963 reliefs from the Tripylon Stairs of Persepolis (low relief); (add.info.: Persian sculpture. Aquemenida. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Palatial city built by King Dario I in 518 BC

Ceramic flask lustre painted, hand made, 12th-13th century AD, Gorgan, glass and ceramics museum, Tehran, Iran (photo)
5309222 Ceramic flask lustre painted, hand made, 12th-13th century AD, Gorgan, glass and ceramics museum, Tehran, Iran (photo); Photo © Stefano Baldini.

Vank cathedral, Esfahan, Iran (photo)
7062382 Vank cathedral, Esfahan, Iran (photo); Isfahan, Iran; (add.info.: Vank cathedral, Esfahan, Iran); Photo © Stefano Baldini.

Alexander and the body of Daruis III. Alexander III of Macedon, 20/21 July 356 BC-10/11 June 323 BC
6867240 Alexander and the body of Daruis III. Alexander III of Macedon, 20/21 July 356 BC-10/11 June 323 BC, aka Alexander the Great. King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. Darius III, c

Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis (litho)
8660846 Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis (litho) by Morrow, Edwin A. (1877-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis)

Pulikesin II, the Chalukhya, receives Envoys from Persia (litho)
8660995 Pulikesin II, the Chalukhya, receives Envoys from Persia (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pulikesin II, the Chalukhya)

Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho)
8660922 Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD)

Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC (engraving)
8635120 Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexander the Great defeating the Persians at the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC)

Alexander the Great entering Babylon with Persian captives (engraving)
8635076 Alexander the Great entering Babylon with Persian captives (engraving) by Thorvaldsen, Bertel (1770-1844) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Do You Know: What is the origin of wig and gown? (colour litho)
8668140 Do You Know: What is the origin of wig and gown? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What is the origin of wig and gown)

Do You Know: Where did the kiss originate? (colour litho)
8668111 Do You Know: Where did the kiss originate? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Where did the kiss originate)

A Persian wedding. 19th century (engraving printed in "Travels around the World "and in "The most)
ELD4963638 A Persian wedding. 19th century (engraving printed in "Travels around the World "and in "The most curious counters of the Globe from Christopher Columbus to the present day)

Ancient Greece: Map showing the Marathon plain site where the battle of the Greeks against the Persians took place in
NWI4862915 Ancient Greece: Map showing the Marathon plain site where the battle of the Greeks against the Persians took place in 490 BC

Harun al-Rashid , the fifth Abbasid Caliph, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, 1840s (engraving)
UTD4919670 Harun al-Rashid , the fifth Abbasid Caliph, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, 1840s (engraving); (add.info)

Portrait of the Shah by Persia Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1925) in 1912 (Portrait of shah of Persia Ahmad Shah Qajar at)
ELD4865832 Portrait of the Shah by Persia Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1925) in 1912 (Portrait of shah of Persia Ahmad Shah Qajar at the age of 14)

Portrait of the Shah of Iran Mozzafar-al-Din Shah or Mozaffaredin Shah (1853-1907) in May 1896
JAB5037172 Portrait of the Shah of Iran Mozzafar-al-Din Shah or Mozaffaredin Shah (1853-1907) in May 1896.; (add.info.: Portrait of the Shah of Iran Mozzafar-al-Din Shah or Mozaffaredin Shah)

Xenophon's Cyropedia (Senofonte). Copy dedicated to Ercole d'Este (Hercules II d'Este). Dedicate scene
VEN5027485 Xenophon's Cyropedia (Senofonte). Copy dedicated to Ercole d'Este (Hercules II d'Este). Dedicate scene. Latin translation by Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440-1494)

Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century (circa 1900)
PCT4296255 Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century (circa 1900); (add.info.: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan)

Incense burnt before King Darius (550-486 BC) in Persepolis (Persia, Iran)
FLO4689552 Incense burnt before King Darius (550-486 BC) in Persepolis (Persia, Iran) - Lithograph from Le Livre des Parfums by Eugene Rimmel (1820-1887), France

Mohammad Karim Khan Zand or Karim Han, founder of the Zand Dynasty, 1705-1779
FLO4723015 Mohammad Karim Khan Zand or Karim Han, founder of the Zand Dynasty, 1705-1779. Illustration from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia

Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia
FLO4722961 Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia. The king hunting deer and boar 1, and the coronation of Shapur III with his father Shapur II, 2

Medieval 10th century World map by Estakhri
3507857 Medieval 10th century World map by Estakhri; (add.info.: Medieval 10th century World map by Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri (Estakhri)

Parthian cavalry rider and horse in full scale armour, and Sarmatian archer in scale armour
FLO4703947 Parthian cavalry rider and horse in full scale armour, and Sarmatian archer in scale armour. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC
3329571 Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC; (add.info.: Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC)

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC
3329566 Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC; (add.info.: Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC)

Bronze axe head from Mesopotamia
3329423 Bronze axe head from Mesopotamia; (add.info.: Bronze axe head from Mesopotamia, which borders modern day Iraq and Iran. Dated 16th Century BC.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Pen Box with inkwell and pens (steel with gold inlay) Iran, Qajar Dynasty 19th Century
527693 Pen Box with inkwell and pens (steel with gold inlay) Iran, Qajar Dynasty 19th Century.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

View of Mecca, Persian miniature, 17th century (illuminated manscript)
AIS5355993 View of Mecca, Persian miniature, 17th century (illuminated manscript); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; © Iberfoto.

Detail of a mosaic of Pompei: Battle of Issos between Alexander and Darius (4th century BC)
PCT4293559 Detail of a mosaic of Pompei: Battle of Issos between Alexander and Darius (4th century BC). - King Darius III Codoman (380-330 BC)

Two Persians on horseback clutching a brassring - perhaps competing in a test of horsemanship
FLO4704237 Two Persians on horseback clutching a brassring - perhaps competing in a test of horsemanship. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of

Persian soldier with bowls, official with spear and quiver of arrows, man in long breeches, another official
FLO4704235 Persian soldier with bowls, official with spear and quiver of arrows, man in long breeches, another official, and high priest

Book cover belonging to S1986.44.1, Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) by Jami (died 1492)
5932639 Book cover belonging to S1986.44.1, Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) by Jami (died 1492); 25.6 x 16.7 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA; (add.info.: Book cover)

Mother Mary and Jesus, 19th century, iranian art (oil on canvas)
7062399 Mother Mary and Jesus, 19th century, iranian art (oil on canvas); Armenian Museum, Isfahan, Iran; (add.info.: Mother Mary and Jesus, 19th century, iranian art, oil on canvas)

Map of the Moslem Empire, 750 AD, 1936
7125146 Map of the Moslem Empire, 750 AD, 1936; (add.info.: Map of the Moslem Empire, 750 AD. From A Short History of the World, published c.1936); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Map of the empire of Darius (tribute paying countries) at its greatest extent, 1936
7125141 Map of the empire of Darius (tribute paying countries) at its greatest extent, 1936; (add.info.: Map of the empire of Darius (tribute paying countries) at its greatest extent. Darius I, c

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Discover the rich cultural heritage through a captivating journey into their history and art. Step back in time to the audience of Darius I, where Persian art flourished, mesmerizing all who beheld it. Travel to Pasagarda, where the magnificent Tomb of Cyrus II the Great stands as a testament to Iran's founding father. Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of an Iranian village Bazaar, bustling with life and brimming with treasures waiting to be discovered. Witness the heart-wrenching scene of a grieving family, reminding us that they can not just historical figures but real people with deep emotions. Marvel at the intricate beauty of a footed bowl from late 1100s-early 1200s, showcasing fritware adorned with pierced and underglaze paintings – a true masterpiece reflecting Iranian craftsmanship. Lose yourself in Bahram Gur and Azada's tale from Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdausi; its opaque watercolors and gold on paper bring this ancient story vividly to life. Visit Naqsh-e Rustam and witness Valerianus, the Roman emperor captured by Persians – an event etched forever in history. Observe Darius I seated majestically on his throne through Persian Art's lens – an embodiment of power and grandeur. Admire a textile panel depicting Esther and Ahasuerus from mid-to-late 17th century Iran; every stitch tells a story woven within its fabric. Delve into "The Persian, " an etching capturing both mystery and allure that defines Iranian identity even today. Finally, experience "The Triumph of Mordecai, " another etching resonating with triumph over adversity - symbolizing Iranians' resilience throughout history. Through these glimpses into Iranian culture, we uncover their profound artistic legacy intertwined with tales that have shaped their nation for centuries. Join us on this enchanting voyage as we celebrate the Iranians, a people whose heritage continues to inspire and captivate.