Mechti Kvli Beg

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Artist/Maker	Sadeler, Aegidius II (artist)
Place of origin	Prague (made)

Engraved portrait depicting Mechti Kvli Beg (Mehdi Quli Beg), an ambassador. The man is wearing a turban and holding a falcon in his right hand. Lettered in Persian and Latin, 'Mechti Kvli Beg Ennvg Ogly Illvstris D. In Persia Legatvs Regis Persar: Ad Imp: Roman', (Mehdi Quli Beg, son of Ennug, a famous lord in Persia, ambassador of the King of the Persians to the Roman Emperor), and 'S.Caes. Mti.s Sculptor Aegidius Sadeler ad viuum delineauit Cum Privil.S.Cae. Mti.s Anno. Pragae.1605'.

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Categories	Portraits Prints
Object type	print
Title	Mechti Kvli Beg (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Engraving Paper (Fiber Product) Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description	Engraved portrait of Mehdi Quli Beg, ambassador of Shah Abbas I to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, by Aegidius Sadeler. Belgian School, 1605
Physical description	Engraved portrait depicting Mechti Kvli Beg (Mehdi Quli Beg), an ambassador. The man is wearing a turban and holding a falcon in his right hand. Lettered in Persian and Latin, 'Mechti Kvli Beg Ennvg Ogly Illvstris D. In Persia Legatvs Regis Persar: Ad Imp: Roman', (Mehdi Quli Beg, son of Ennug, a famous lord in Persia, ambassador of the King of the Persians to the Roman Emperor), and 'S.Caes. Mti.s Sculptor Aegidius Sadeler ad viuum delineauit Cum Privil.S.Cae. Mti.s Anno. Pragae.1605'.
Dimensions	Height: 260mm Width: 190mm
Subjects depicted	Portraits Mechti Kuli Beg
Associated object	SP.532 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic references	Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1923 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/360065 F. W. H. Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts. vols.1-64, Amsterdam, 1954–2010, cat. no. XXI.56.275 i/iii, p. 56.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.616-1923

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1034462/mechti-kvli-beg-print-sadeler-aegidius-ii/

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