Title: A Portrait of a Statesman
Object type: Painting
Date: dated 1294 AH/1877 CE
Artist:  Yahya Ghaffari 
Artist bio: Iranian, active 1860s–1880s, d. 1895–1906
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: Codice: 
  H. 11 in (27.9 cm) 
  W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Leaf: 
  H. 18 11/16 in. (47.5 cm) 
  W. 13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm)
Frame:
  H. 22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm)
  W. 18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm)
  D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2016
Geography: Made in    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Portraits