Painting of Yazid Court

Painter: Mohammad Daroudi

Technique: paint and oil

Date: Qajar period, 1904 AD

Dimensions: 150 x 280 centimeters

Exhibition Place: Museum of Anthropology (Ashura Hall)

Description of the work:

A painting with a semicircle frame that shows the scene of Yazid's court, Yazid is sitting on the throne and wine glasses are in front of him and courtiers are standing around him. Also captives tied with a rope are visible on the right side of the painting and on the top, the foreign ambassadors can be seen.

Poems by Mohtsham Kashani about Ashura are written around the painting and the artist's signature can be seen at the bottom.

Painter's signature.... work of Mohammad Daroudi, 1322 A.H