Facial Hair

Beards on Heraldic Art.

 

Three Uighur princes (Museum für Asiatische Kunst III 6876a). China - 10th-11th C.

"King Khusraw Anushirvan Enthroned" from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.18). Iran - 1341 

Figure in court dress (V&A Museum A.67-1921). China - 1368-1644

Head of an Official (Harn 1995.6). China - 1368-1644 

Vase (V&A Museum 97-1887). China - 1368-1644

A Mongol Archer on Horseback (V&A Museum E.33-1964). 15th-16th C. 

Wedding of Zal and Rudaba from the Book of Kings of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.575). Iran - 1425-50 

Roma Family (Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-926). Germany - 1475-80

Roma man with a Blank Shield (Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-942). Germany - 1475-80

Bizhan Brings Back the Head of Human from the Book of Kings of Firdawsi (LACMA M.85.237.71). Iran - 1494 

The Ill-Assorted Couple by Albrecht Dürer (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.3454). Germany – 1495-96

Three Peasants in Conversation by Albrecht Dürer (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.3473). Germany – ca. 1497

"Khusraw Parviz Enthroned" from the Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.71.73.33). Iran - 1st half of 16th C. 

George Pencz (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.6727). Germany – 16th C.

John William, Duke of Saxe-Coburg by Lucas Cranach the Younger (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.2848). Germany – 16th C.

Vase (V&A Museum CIRC.116-1936). 16th C.

Iskandarnama (V&A Museum IS.31-1980). ca. 1500

Folio from a Manuscript of Nizami’s Khamsa (LACMA M.85.237.99). Turkey - ca. 1500-25 

Firdawsi Receiving Wages in a Bathhouse from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.591). Iran - ca. 1550-75

Turkoman Prisoner (LACMA M.2000.135). Iran - 2nd half of 16th C. 

Battle of Iskandar with the Zangi from Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.424). Iran - 1517  

Ulrich Varnbüler by Albrecht Dürer (NGV 3612-4). 1522

Christian II, King of Denmark (Veste Coburg M.326). 1524 

Two Men Under a Tree (LACMA M.73.5.561). Iran - ca. 1525 

The Lovers by Paris Bordon (Pinacoteca di Brera 1156). 1525-30 

Man in Red by Lucas Cranach (Veste Coburg M.035). 1526?  

Self Portrait by Heinrich Aldegrever (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.288). Germany – 1530

Old Trees by a Cold Waterfall by Wen Zhengming (LACMA 55.67.1). Ming - 1531 

John Frederick the Magnanimous (Museo del Prado P007798). Germany - 1533

Ludovico Vistarini by Callisto Square (Pinacoteca di Brera 375). Italy - 1535-41

Stained glass design by Hieronymous Lang (V&A Museum 1466). Germany - 1540-80 

Andreas Hertwig (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr VIII-3157). Poland - 1541 

Portrait of a Gentleman by Georg Pencz (National Gallery of Ireland NGI.1373). 1549

"Iskandar with the Khaqan of Chin" from Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.427 & 454). Iran - ca. 1550 

Jan Konrad III Rudy Mazowiecki (Palace of King John III Wil.1141). Poland - 2nd half of 16th C. 

Philip II by Anthonis Mor (Museo del Prado P002118). Spain - 1555-58

Rustam Shoots Isfandiyar in the Eye from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.2009.44.4). Iran - ca. 1560 

Stained glass design (V&A Museum 2378). Switzerland - 1562

"A School Scene" from Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami (LACMA M.73.5.440). Uzbekistan - 1564-65 

Antonio Navagero (Pinacoteca di Brera 334). Italy - 1565

Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny by François Clouet (SLAM 168:1925). France - 1565-70

Family of Caspar Schaffgotsch (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr VIII-2395). Silesia - ca. 1575

Stefan Batory (Palace of King John III Wil.1163). Poland - 4th quarter of 16th C. 

Mohrenberg Family against the Panorama of Wrocław by Tobias Fendt (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr VIII-3159). Poland - 1576

Bartholomaeus Mandel (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr VIII-3155). Poland - 1578

Jacques de la Faille by Hendrick Goltzius (NGV 447-5). France - 1580

Hostivít (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr VIII-2920). Czechia - 1580-1604

Record drawing (V&A Museum 2379). Switzerland - 1581

Michael Uthmann von Rathen with portraits of the commemorated persons (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr VIII-2837). Poland - after 1581

Johannes Fleischer (National Museum Wrocławiu DU 3). Poland - 1582 

Portrait of a Man Aged 45 by George Gower (National Gallery of Ireland NGI.419). 1584

Sir William Drury, of Hawstead, Suffolk by Daniël van den Queborne (YCBA B1973.1.15). England - 1587 

Unknown Man, Aged 29 (YCBA B1975.1.4). England - 1589

Seated Man in a Landscape (LACMA M.73.5.482). Iran - ca. 1590 

The Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (SLAM 10:1960). Late 16th C.

Stained glass design (V&A Museum 2346). Germany - late 16th C.

Lucio Foppa by Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (Pinacoteca di Brera 346). Italy - ca. 1590

A Court Scene from Habib al-Siyar of Khwandamir (LACMA M.73.5.445). Iran - 1590-1600  

Hans Bol by Hendrick Goltzius (NGV 443-5). Netherlands - 1593

"Army of Shah Ramin Attacking the Iron Fortress" from Tuhfat al-Lata'if (LACMA M.85.237.41). Turkey - 1593-94 

Jan Nicquet by Hendrick Goltzius (NGV 852-4). Germany - 1595

Koch, Türkisches Manierenbuch (UniKassel Versitat 4° Ms. hist. 31. 61:29r). 1595

A Man, Called Sir Arundel Talbot by Isaac Oliver (V&A Museum P.4-1917). 1596

Soldier on Guard Blowing the Match by Jacques de Gheyn II (Getty 92.GA.71). Netherlands - ca. 1597  

Sultan Mehmet III Enthroned, Attended by Two Janissaries (LACMA M.85.237.34). Turkey - ca. 1600 

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