Portrait of an old man after Reza-e Abbasi, Safavid Iran 17th century or later Black ink drawing on paper depicting an elderly, bearded man, wearing a hat and a long coat, leaning on his long cane, his right foot crossed over his left. Around him, trees and tchi clouds painted in gold. Drawing mounted on a muraqqa album page on card with a Safavid title cartouche illuminated in gold and polychrome, a pink border and a margin with animal and floral decor painted in gold on a green background. Stamped on the back in the name of Mohammad Akrab [?] Dim. drawing: 10.5 x 7.3 cm; page: 26.6 x 15.7 cm Stains, wear, folds. The figure of this old man is known from a color drawing by the great painter of the reign of Shah Abbas I, Reza-e Abbassi (1565-1635), in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, under inventory number 25.68.5. Here, the artist takes up not only the pose but also the costume and pensive air of the subject, but abandons color to concentrate on the line.