The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Rustam Overpowers the King of Hamavaran", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

late 15th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Image: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) W. 7 in. (17.8 cm) Page: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm) W. 8 in. ( 20.3 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

India

Object number

13.160.2

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1913

The Met object ID 446290. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.