Tur Beheads Iraj
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Sultan Muhammad
Safavid1470–1555
About
Sultan Mohammad was an Iranian painter at the Safavid court in Tabriz under Shah Ismail I and Shah Tahmasp I. He served as the director of Shah Ismail's artists’ workshop and as the first project director of the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp. He gave painting lessons to Tahmasp when he was the crown prince.
Notable works
Works in the collection
3 works
Tur Beheads Iraj
at Cincinnati Art Museum
Rostam sleeping while Rakhsh fights a lion (British Museum 1948,1211,0.23)
at British Museum
The Court of Kayumars, Folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
at Aga Khan Museum
More by Sultan Muhammad in institutions
Cincinnati Art Museum
Eden Park, United States
Aga Khan Museum
Toronto, Canada
British Museum
London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom
