Lot Essay
Fr. Thelen-Rüden, probably refers to a little known Austrain artist, Friedrich Thelen-Rüden (b.1836). Other works by him have been published, but none with such an overtly Islamic subject.
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QAJAR IRAN, SIGNED FR. THELEN-RÜIDEN, DATED 1883
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PORTRAIT OF ZILL AL-SULTAN
QAJAR IRAN, SIGNED FR. THELEN-RÜIDEN, DATED 1883
Oil on canvas, portrait of the prince wearing black cap, gold embroidered jacket with jeweled sash, and red overcoat with boteh motifs, on dark blue-grey ground and with signature along the left hand side that reads 'Fr. Thelin-Reider, 1883', mounted, relined
30 5/8 x 21½in. (77.7 x 54.6cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, SIGNED FR. THELEN-RÜIDEN, DATED 1883
Oil on canvas, portrait of the prince wearing black cap, gold embroidered jacket with jeweled sash, and red overcoat with boteh motifs, on dark blue-grey ground and with signature along the left hand side that reads 'Fr. Thelin-Reider, 1883', mounted, relined
30 5/8 x 21½in. (77.7 x 54.6cm.)
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