Princess held by a kneeling young man Eastern Iran, Khorassan (Herat) in the Mohammadi style, Safavid period, circa 1575. Album page. Polychrome and gold gouache on paper mounted on a cardboard page depicting a young man holding a cup in his hand and restraining a princess who wants to leave, on a plain blue background. Framed in gold powder. Margins adorned with large golden flowers and palms on a blue-green background. Framed under glass. Label on reverse with catalog description: "Collection Sevadjian. Achat Hôtel Drouot 23 novembre 1960. Mtre Ader. Exp[ert] Densmore. Portrait of a young Sefevid prince, to whom a youth presents a cup. School of Sultan Muhammad. 16th century" and hammer price 1,100 Frs. Condition: wear, small tears, oval stamp faded lower left, page laminated on cardboard backing. Page: 31.8 x 19.8 cm - Drawing: 18.7 x 12 cm Provenance: Former Former collection Mihran Sevadjian (1884-1964 ?); Sale Maîtres G. Muel et E. Ader, Persian Art. Collection Sevadjian. 2nd sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 23, 1960, lot 5. The subject of this painting is that of a well-known poem by Shâhî, dating from the end of the 15th century, depicting a young man holding a young woman by the side of his cloak, and this theme is very frequent, particularly in Bukhara painting. Mohammadi, active in Herat around 1560-91, was certainly the most talented painter of the second half of the 16th century. This album page probably comes from the same muraqqa' as that of the figure with the flowery turban and that of the two young men exchanging a pear, as well as the three pages in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (MAO 367, MAO 368 and MAO 370).