A crowned prince on horseback brandishing a sword towards a wolf in which a servant has speared.

Oil painting, ogive-shaped, maroufled on plywood.

Iran, Qajar art, second half 19th Century.

129 x 101 cm (50-3/4 x 40 in.).

Condition report:
Bad state of condition in the lower section.

For similar hunting scenes attributed to the Mohammad Shah's era, see S.J. Falk, Qajar Paintings , Persian Oil Paintings of the 18th and 19th Centuries, London, 1972, n° 51 and 52.

Provenance : Collection Rockfeller