The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Battle between Alexander and Darius", Folio 279 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Sultan Muhammad Nur|Nizami
- Date
- A.H. 931/1524–25 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm) Page: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 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
- present-day Afghanistan
- Object number
- 13.228.7.15
- Credit line
- Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
- Gallery
- 455
Artist information
Iranian, ca. 1472–ca. 1536|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Battles
- Men
The Met object ID 446611. 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.