Sadeler Aegidius II (1570-1629), Synal Chaen, 1604

Copperplate; size: 230 x 149 mm; signed fawn d. (under the description in Arabic alphabet): S. Caes. M.tis Sculptor Aegidius Sadeler ad vivum delineavit Pragae.

Portrait of the Persian ambassador to the court of Emperor Rudolf II. Image in oval, around description: Synal Chaen Serenissimus Princeps in Persia, Magni Sophi Regis Persarum ad Augustum Caesarem Rudolphum II. Legatus; under the portrait a note: cum privil S Cae M.tis / Anno M.D.C.IIII. Portrait secondarily pasted in graphic frame with architectural composition (traces of underpainting in upper corners). Lit. by The Burlington Magazine, vol. 37-38, p. 243; Hollstein 281 I.