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Reza Abbasi

1565 - 1635

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Reza Abbasi (Persian: رضا عباسی), also known as Aqa Reza (c. 1565 – 1635), was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I. He is considered to be the last great master of the Persian miniature, best known for his single miniatures for muraqqa or albums, especially single figures of beautiful youths. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reza Abbasi is the 717th most popular painter (down from 696th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Iran (up from 209th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Painter.

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Among painters, Reza Abbasi ranks 717 out of 2,023. Before him are Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Masaaki Hatsumi, Pedro Berruguete, Aert de Gelder, Paul Gustav Fischer, and Maurycy Gottlieb. After him are Tarsila do Amaral, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Ivana Kobilca, Victor Brauner, Mikhail Larionov, and Andrew Wyeth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Reza Abbasi ranks 8. Before him are Christina of Lorraine, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Mori Ranmaru, Marie de Gournay, Cornelis de Houtman, and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. After him are Hendrick de Keyser, Edward Fortunatus, Francesc Ribalta, Peter Fourier, Ketevan the Martyr, and Jacob de Gheyn II. Among people deceased in 1635, Reza Abbasi ranks 8. Before him are Samuel de Champlain, Wilhelm Schickard, Jacques Callot, Şehzade Bayezid, Zacharias Janssen, and John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him are Elisabeth of Lorraine, Friedrich Spee, Joos de Momper, Fakhr al-Din II, Alessandro Tassoni, and Domenico Tintoretto.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Reza Abbasi ranks 206 out of 631. Before him are Baba Tahir (947), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Barbet Schroeder (1941), 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (930), Aga Khan II (1830), and Mandane of Media (-584). After him are Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (1062), Vardanes I (10), Azarmidokht (null), Ibn Babawayh (918), Azar Nafisi (1955), and Mansour Bahrami (1956).

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Among PAINTERS In Iran

Among painters born in Iran, Reza Abbasi ranks 1. After him are Kamal-ol-molk (1848), Guity Novin (1944), Abd al-Samad (1500), Ali Divandari (1957), and Shamsia Hassani (1988).

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