Antoin Sevruguin

Antoin Sevruguin
Khan (Persian: خان)
Sevruguin in Vienna. Photo taken before 1880
Born1851 (1851)[1]
Died1933 (aged 81–82)
Resting placeDoulab Cemetery, Tehran
NationalityRussian
Known forPainting, photography
SpouseLouise Gourgenian
ChildrenSeven, including André Sevruguin
Patron(s)Naser al-Din Shah

Antoin Sevruguin (Persian: آنتوان سورگین; 1851–1933),[2][3] known as Antoin Khan (Persian: آنتوان خان) was an Iranian photographer of Armenian-Georgian descent, in Persia during the reign of the Qajar dynasty (1785–1925).

  1. ^ "Sevruguin (Antoin) photographs". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ Melikian, Souren (2000-03-11). "Opening a Window on a Lost Past". The New York Times. International Herald Tribune. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  3. ^ Navab, Aphrodite Désirée (2002). "To Be or Not to Be an Orientalist?: The Ambivalent Art of Antoin Sevruguin". Iranian Studies. 35 (1/3): 113–144. ISSN 0021-0862.