Artist Farkhondeh Ahmadzadeh recreates a Persian miniature painting using the traditional tools and techniques of a 17th-century book artist. Miniature paintings like this are exquisitely detailed and take an expert hand to produce – this example is just 14cm tall. Here Ahmadzadeh has recreated a painting from the Museum’s collection that shows a youth reading from an album, made around 1625 in Iran http://ow.ly/sA3S30oTX9X You can see the original and the reproduction on display in our Albukhar

L52: Golden Age of Mughal Paintings: From Akbar’s Action to Shah Jahan’s Luxury UPSC IAS