Dragon and Clouds 1575 - 1625

aged paper

toned paper

water colours

ink painting

ink paper printed

handmade artwork painting

warm-toned

islamic-art

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

watercolor

Sadiqi Beg’s “Dragon and Clouds,” a 16th-century Safavid-era miniature painting, depicts a dragon soaring through swirling clouds. The delicate lines, characteristic of Safavid miniature painting, capture the movement of the dragon and the airy flow of the clouds. The intricate details of the dragon’s scales and the swirling patterns of the clouds demonstrate the artist’s skill and precision. The painting is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.