Lot Essay
Much has been written on the subject of Bihzad and his school. For further information see: Binyon, L., Wilkinson, J.V.S. and Gray, B.: Persian Miniature Painting, London, 1933, pp.77-101, pls.LXVII-LXIX; Stchoukine, I.: Les Peintures des Manuscrits Timurides, Paris, 1954, pp.68-160; Robinson, B.W.: 'Bihzad and his School', MARG, Vol.XXX, No.2, Bombay, 1977, pp.51-75; Soudavar, A.S.: Art of the Persian Courts, New York, 1992, pp.95-109, amongst many others. The present miniature is very close indeed to one in the Art and History Trust Collection (Soudavar, A.S.: op. cit., no.35, pp.98-100).