Yahya al-Wasiti

Maqamat illustrations — Baghdad School master

The leading painter of the Baghdad School. His illustrations for al-Hariri's Maqamat are the richest visual record of Abbasid-era social life and the peak of Arab figurative painting.

Key works

• Illustrations to the Maqamat of al-Hariri1237— Nearly 100 miniatures — the masterpiece of Arab painting
  Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris

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