Keywords: Chehel Sutun - Men and youths by a stream.jpg PD-Art Men and youths by a stream Ceramic panel from Chehel Sutun in Iran Safavid dynasty Louvre Paris France Chehel Sutun Forty Columns was a palace built at the behest of Shah Abbas I who was famous for loving beautiful pages and wine boys Much of the artistic output of his workshops celebrated love between men and youths This can be seen in a series of homoerotic ceramic panels of which this is an example as well as in the paintings and drawings of artists of his time such as Riza i-Abbasi see the Persian Hall of Male Love http //www androphile org/preview/Museum/Iran/indexIran htm Tiles in Iran Islamic tiles Same-sex couples People of the Safavid dynasty Safavid paintings Artworks missing infobox template |