Patrons of the arts

Shah of Safavid Iran (1587–1629)

Ashurbanipal (, meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as his father Esarhaddon‘s favored heir; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king. Though sometimes regarded as the apogee of ancient Assyria, his reign also marked the last time Assyrian armies waged war throughout the ancient Near East and the beginning of the end of Assyrian dominion over the region.

Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708

Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576

second Qajar shah of Iran (1797–1834).

final Emir of Córdoba (r. 912–929); founder and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (r. 929–961)

King of Castile (1506), Ruler of Habsburg Netherlands (1482-1506)

wife of King John II of France

Turkish businessperson and philanthropist (born 1957)

daughter of Cosimo I. de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo (1542-1576)

English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era (1550-1604)

art related activity

Safavid prince (1540–1577)

governor of Khorasan

Safavid military commander

Prussian diplomat

British naturalist, ornithologist and patron of the arts

Qara Qoyunlu prince and governor (died 1466)

Iranian calligrapher, poet and beglerbegi of Khurasan in Safavid era

Chair, Fujisankei Communications Group (born 1937)

French private banker (1725–1779)

governor of Nahavand

Sri Lankan musician and photographer (1900–1944)

Japanese botanist (1886-1976)

Hungarian Jewish art collector, 1872-1937, suicide