Ali Asghar (painter)

"Royal Hunt", the two-page frontispiece of the Shahnameh of Shah Ismail II attributed to Ali Asghar

Ali Asghar (Persian: علی اصغر; fl. circa 1570–1600) was an Iranian court painter of the Safavid era. He was the father of the renowned miniaturist Reza Abbasi, whose early works were probably influenced by Ali Asghar.

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