A portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah, Qajar Persia, early 19th century, oil on canvas, inscribed within a cartouche to left of figure, within gilt plaster frame, painting 81.5 x 51.2 cm., frame 97 x 69cm. Inscription in cartouche: al-Sultan Fath 'Ali Shah QajarInscription below left: ...Muhammad SadiqMore large-scale painting survive of Fath 'Ali Shah (r.1797-1834) than of any other Qajar monarch, the result of an enormous effort to replicate images of the ruler for display throughout his realm. The present painting appears to have been painted at the beginning of his reign. and towards the end of Muhammad Sadiq's career as painter to the court from the 1740s-90s..Muhammad Sadiq was known for his delicate facial features, including cherry lips and languid eyes, a landscape background and a room rendered in the European manner, with mottled walls representing marble. A number of his works were formerly in the Amery collection, now in the Negaristan Museum, Tehran Please refer to department for condition report