Renowned Iranian artist Mahmoud Farshchian recounts how he painted his famous work of art which depicts Imam Reza, the eighth Shiite Imam.<\/p>\n
The painting \u201cThe Guarantor of the Gazelle\u201d praises Imam Reza, depicting a story in which the Shiite leader acted as a mediator between a gazelle and a hunter.<\/p>\n
The Guarantor of the Gazelle refers to the story of a deer caught by a hunter in a forest. Passing by, Imam Reza asked the hunter to free the deer, so that she could raise her babies, but he promised the deer would come back afterward. The hunter accepted and freed the deer.<\/p>\n
Months later, the deer returned to the hunter\u2019s home. However, the hunter declined to kill her as he saw the miracle in what had happened.<\/p>\n
In the painting, Imam Reza is illustrated with a halo all around his body unlike other paintings by other artists in which only the faces of revered figures have a halo around them.<\/p>\n
Farshchian tells the story of how he saw the face of Imam Reza before painting the artwork.
\nHe says he had gone to the US to undergo a heart surgery back in 1980. Farshchian says he asked Imam Reza to help him throughout his treatment procedure.<\/p>\n
He says in the last test that he had to undergo before the operation, there was, surprisingly enough, no sign of illness! He says the doctors wouldn\u2019t believe what had happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour heart is healthy and does not need any surgery!\u201d they told Farshchian.<\/p>\n
He says it was then that he decided to paint \u201cThe Guarantor of the Gazelle.\u201d He says he saw Imam Reza in his dream.<\/p>\n
\u201cImam Reza kindly said, \u2018See me and draw me!\u2019,\u201d says Farshchian.<\/p>\n
Farshchian has also painted another artwork called \u201cThe Guarantor of the Gazelle II,\u201d depicting the deer taking refuge in Imam Reza and showing the hunter repenting of his plan to kill the gazelle, disposing of his hunting equipment and saluting to Imam Reza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Renowned Iranian artist Mahmoud Farshchian recounts how he painted his famous work of art which depicts Imam Reza, the eighth Shiite Imam. The painting \u201cThe Guarantor of the Gazelle\u201d praises Imam Reza, depicting a story in which the Shiite leader acted as a mediator between a gazelle and a hunter. The Guarantor of the Gazelle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,8,6],"tags":[781,1355,28,639,1357,178,1356,84],"yoast_head":"\n