'Portrait of the Russian Ambassador, Prince Andrey Priklonskiy', Folio from the Davis Album, A.H. 1048/A.D. 1673–74, Made in Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), Codices, Ali Quli Jabbadar (active 1642–late 17th century), This portrait from the Davis Album is one of several similar works depicting the same subject. From the velvet vest and furred collar and cap, the sitter can be identified as a Russian dignitary. In 1673, as the silk trade was growing between Iran and Russia, Czar Aleksey Mikhailovich sent Prince Andrey Priklonskiy as his ambassador to the court of Shah Sulaiman of Iran
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Portrait, Russian Ambassador, Prince Andrey Priklonskiy, Folio, Davis Album, .H, 1048/.D, 1673–74, Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, Page, H, 13 1/8, 33.3 cm, Codices, Ali Quli Jabbadar, active, 1642–late 17th century, portrait, several, works depicting, subject, velvet vest, furred collar, cap, sitter, identified, dignitary, 1673, silk trade, growing, Russia, Czar Aleksey, Mikhailovich, Andrey, Priklonskiy, ambassador, court, Shah Sulaiman
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