The Prophet’s Mercy
The Prophet’s Mercy
Artist
Ayten Tiryaki
Artwork Title & Inspiration
‘The Prophet’s Mercy’
'There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you and to the believers is kind and merciful'. Sura At-Taubah - Qu'ran 9:128
لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Artwork Category
Calligraphy
Physical Description
Jali Thuluth script using black calligraphy ink on ahar paper.
Dimensions
119 x 30cm
Country of Origin
Turkey
LOT 37
Ayten Tiryaki
Ayten Tiryaki (b. 1961) was born in Ordu, Turkey and completed her postgraduate degree from the Faculty of Theology at Ankara University in 1983. In the same year she began taking calligraphy lessons from the grand master calligrapher Hasan Çelebi. In 1989 she became the first female calligrapher to ever receive a Tezhip (the art of illumination) license after studying under Professor Çiçek Derman and assistant Professor Inci Ayan Birol.
Tiryaki's work has been exhibited in galleries in Turkey and abroad and her exquisite calligraphy has won her many prestigious awards. She continues to teach calligraphy in Istanbul and is widely held as one of the most talented calligraphers in Turkey today.