Lovers in Art

Two Lovers

Mirza Baba

Iran, c.1800 - 1801

Qajar Painting

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• The Persian miniature painting portrays two lovers in the Persian traditional pose sitting on their heels with the knees resting on the floor.

 

• The figures depicted in the painting are wearing rich clothes that are heavily embroidered with Persian patterns.

 

• Both the figures are pale in complexion with blazing black eyes under wide black brows.

 

• In painterly terms, the suitable characteristics of artist Mirza Baba’s style are the drooping, delicate oval faces, painted with soft modeling.

 

• And the eye of the figures resembles sleepy doe’s eyes.

 

• These characteristics along with the compositions features such as the dress, poses and the geometric patterns on the clothes are common in several paintings by Mirza Baba.