Lot Essay
Persian artists who went to work in the Ottoman ateliers occasionally imposed their style, completely intact, on paintings. The treatment of the clothing, particularly the collar, is typical of Shah Quli, one such artist. Another drawing of a peri by the artist is published in Petsopoulos, Y. (ed.): Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, London 1982, no. 190, p.197.
For other Turkish drawings in Persian style see Robinson, B.W. (ed.): Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book, London 1976, no.III.347, p.202, pl.79; Atil, E.: The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, Washington 1987, nos 48a and b, p.103 and Petsopoulos, Y.: ibid, no. 189, p.197 and pl.196
For other Turkish drawings in Persian style see Robinson, B.W. (ed.): Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book, London 1976, no.III.347, p.202, pl.79; Atil, E.: The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, Washington 1987, nos 48a and b, p.103 and Petsopoulos, Y.: ibid, no. 189, p.197 and pl.196