Artist

Mir Sayyid Ali

Portrait of Mir Sayyid Ali

Persian, 1510–1572

Mir Sayyid Ali was a Persian Renaissance artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Mir Sayyid Ali was born in Tabriz.

Mir Sayyid Ali was a Persian miniature painter who was a leading artist of Persian miniatures before working under the Mughal dynasty in India, where he became one of the artists responsible for developing the style of Mughal painting, under Emperor Akbar.

Collections represented

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