Muhammad Hasan Afshar

• Name — Mohammad Hasan Afshar • Native Name — محمد حسن افشار • Other Names — Muhammad Hasan Afshar • Died — c. 1880 • Occupation — Persian court painter

Mohammad Hasan belonged to the Afshar tribe of Urmia. He was one of the few Iranian artists of the 19th-century who drew the praise of European observers, including the French explorer Xavier Hommaire de Hell. The modern Iranian historian Mohammad Ali Karimzadeh Tabrizi has brought out the confusion in writings surrounding Mohammad Hasan and his namesakes. Due to his congenital deafness, he has been mistaken for another Afshar painter, Abu'l-Hasan Afshar, who may have had the same condition but otherwise seemed to have been a different individual. Afshar also painted small varnished objects, such as Islamic pen boxes (qalamdan). Mohammad Hasan died in c. 1880. • Illustration — Portrait of Nasir al-Din Shah • Illustration — Portrait of Mirza Mohammad Khan Sepahsalar • Illustration — Portrait of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah and Aziz Khan Mokri • Illustration — Portrait of Mirza Reza Quli Khan Zand • Illustration — "Portrait of a young lady", dated 1838–1839