English: BY ESAYE LE GILLON, PRAGUE, DATED SAFAR AH 1013/JUNE-JULY 1604

PORTRAIT OF SINAL SHAH KAMLU, AMBASSADOR OF SHAH ABBAS I SAFAVID TO EMPEROR RUDOLF II Bodycolour on vellum, depicting Sinal Khan Shamlu half lenght, ambassador of Shah Abbas I to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, with Persian inscription in the sitter's hand below translating 'I wrote this in the month of Safar in the year 1013 to commemorate the occasion of my going as a messenger from the most noble, the most holy, the highest, the most excellent, the blessed shah-i alam ponah (the king who is the protector of the world) to the king... Gurjistan... and the Christian kings. Zaynal Khan Shamlu' (in the lower margin), ascribed Shah 'Abbas in Persian in the upper margin bodycolour on vellum

6 1/8 x 4¼ in. (15.5 x 10.7 cm.)