Abul-Hasan Gaffari, Sani ol-Molk, was a pioneer iconographer, book illustrator and painter in Qajar Period who created many works in portraiture, book illustration and lithography. His works had deeply influence the Iranian visual arts. He was the first art student sent to Italy to study the works of the Italian masters. After return, Sani ol-Molk exhibited his sketches to his pupils, at a coll...
