Reza Abbasi

Reza Abbasi (c. 1565–1635), earlier called Aqa Reza, was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan school and the last great master of the Persian miniature. He joined Shah Abbas I's royal workshop young, and the shah granted him the honorific Abbasi in 1603.

As book illustration gave way to albums, he made his name with single muraqqa leaves showing one or two elegant figures on a spare garden ground. His works ranged from pure pen drawings to fully coloured paintings, and his style shaped later painters such as Mo'en Mosavver.