Focus on this artwork and analyze the Painting technique.
Historic sources on painting techniques of oriental origin are hardly known.
There is an English translation of the Qanun as-Suvar (Canons of Painting), written by Sadiqi Bek around 1576 and 1602. Sadiqi Bek was a royal painter of the Safavid court in Iran. In his manuscript he wrote first about theoretical themes such as the ideals of painting, basic patterns of decorative art, etc. Then he went into more detailed instructions concerning the preparation of colours, gilding, different binding media such as oil varnishes and glue-based media, to mention only some aspects. Sadiqi also stressed the importance of ground preparation, which is not astonishing in comparison to the fine Persian lacquer works of that time.
The second source, Gulistani Hunan (Rose Garden of Art) was an appendix to a text written by Qadi Ahmad, in about 1608. The painting technique is divided into three components in the second publication as follows:
Qanun as-Suvar Sadiqi Bek Safavid