"Najaf" an Iranian Artistic Family - An Archeological Artistic Study

: Najaf is considered one of the most important artistic families that grew up in Iran, especially in Isfahan, which was home to many other artistic families, and through a series of researches that I conducted on a group of artists who enriched artistic life in Iran during the 18 th - 20 th century, I had concluded that there were many of them with very strong family ties between them, which prompted me to culminate this series of research with this idea, which revolves around tracing the family chain for a number of artistic families – like, "Najafs", which brought us many skilled artists in various fields, especially in Painting arts on various artistic medias. So, Najafs had an influential role in shaping the artistic identity in Iran throughout the 19th century for nearly three successive generations. Najaf Family is descended from a larger artistic family that I named "Al-Jubah dar family", according to what I found out through a previous study I did. In this study, we will shed light on this relationship and the important results that will be revealed that are hoped to be a beacon for scholars in the field of studying the biographies of artists and their families.