Artist · 8 prints
Suzi Prints
About Suzi
Suzi is known only from a single manuscript. The name is a nickname, meaning "the burning one," used by an artist who wrote the calligraphy, painted the decoration and made the pictures for a copy of Khusrau and Shirin, a Persian poem by Hatifi, dated 904 in the Islamic calendar (1498 to 1499). The book was made in the Ottoman lands, probably in Istanbul or Amasya, and nothing else is recorded about the artist.
Doing all three jobs on one book was unusual, since calligraphers, illuminators and painters normally worked as a team. Suzi's seven paintings follow the style of the Aq Qoyunlu Turkmen court of western Iran, with a few borrowings from European art, and they show how much Persian poetry was valued at the Ottoman court. The manuscript, still in its leather binding, is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Suzi prints: reproductions of the paintings and illuminated pages from a 1498 Ottoman manuscript of Khusrau and Shirin, the Persian poem by Hatifi, made by the artist known as Suzi. The collection includes Khusrau Hunting with His Companions, A Royal Encampment, A Princess on Horseback at the Rock, A Courtly Gathering in a Garden and the Illuminated Opening Page, all dated 1498.
This selection includes the decorated text pages as well as the paintings. Alongside the paintings of hunting, battle, a palace pavilion and a garden gathering, we carry the illuminated opening page and the colophon, the closing page that records when the book was finished. Because one artist made the writing, decoration and paintings, the pages share a consistent hand. The figures and settings follow the Turkmen court style of western Iran.
The rich colors suit living rooms, libraries and studies, and the calligraphy pages pair well with the paintings in a small group on one wall. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
