Mechti Kvli Beg

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

Engraving portrait of Mechti Kvli Beg (Mehdi Quli Beg), an ambassador. 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	Engraving
Title	Mechti Kvli Beg (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Engraving Paper Engraving
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	Engraving portrait of Mechti Kvli Beg (Mehdi Quli Beg), an ambassador. 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	Sight size height: 25.6 cm Width: 18.2cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted	Portraits Ambassadors Mechti Kuli Beg
Associated object	CIRC.616-1923 (Duplicate)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	SP.532

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1105450/mechti-kvli-beg-engraving-sadeler/

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