The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"A Bull", Folio from a Dispersed Nuzhatnama-i ‘Ala’i of Shahmardan ibn Abi’l Khayr

Shamardan ibn Abi 'l Khayr

Date

early 15th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting with Text Block: H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm) W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Page: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) W. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 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

Iran

Object number

13.160.7

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1913

The Met object ID 446294. 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.