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拍品专文
Rudolf II dismissed Zeynal Khan Shamlu and Mahdi Qoli Beg in November 1605. The two envoys continued to other European cities. The first is seen again in 1608 in the Netherlands and the latter is next seen in Cracow where he attended the wedding of Constance of Austria and Sigismund III. The Holy Roman Emperor eventually signed a peace with the Ottomans in 1606 against the recommendations of the Persian envoys.
Little is known about Esaye le Gillon, who executed these accomplished portraits. The inscription on the portrait of Mehdi Quli Beg states that he was 'Pittore in Corte cesarea' (Painter at the Imperial court) but few records of his artistic activity survive. He was the nephew of the noted botanist Carolus Clusius, for whom he executed an album of 87 watercolours showing varieties of Pannonian mushrooms, known as the Codex Clusii, now in the library of the University of Leyden.
Please see also the note to lot 249 for a further discussion on this portrait and its pendant.
Little is known about Esaye le Gillon, who executed these accomplished portraits. The inscription on the portrait of Mehdi Quli Beg states that he was 'Pittore in Corte cesarea' (Painter at the Imperial court) but few records of his artistic activity survive. He was the nephew of the noted botanist Carolus Clusius, for whom he executed an album of 87 watercolours showing varieties of Pannonian mushrooms, known as the Codex Clusii, now in the library of the University of Leyden.
Please see also the note to lot 249 for a further discussion on this portrait and its pendant.