The poet Nizami
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.
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Detail of an illustration attributed to Bihzad for Nizami\'s Layli and Majnun
Herat
1494-95
Painting ID:: 34188
