Mirza Baba (Persian: میرزابابا; fl. 1785–c. 1830) was an Iranian painter from the Imami family of Isfahan, who worked at the court in Tehran during the reigns of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797) and Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834).
Mirza Baba and Mihr 'Ali were the most prominent painters of the first two decades of 19th-century Iran.
References
- Bloom & Blair 2009.
- Floor 1999, p. 140.
- Floor 1999, p. 129.
Sources
- Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (2009). "Mirza Baba". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195309911.
- Floor, Willem (1999). "Art (Naqqashi) and Artists (Naqqashan) in Qajar Persia". Muqarnas. 13. Brill: 125–154. JSTOR 1523268. (registration required)