The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Rustam's First Course: Rakhsh Kills a Lion", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1430–40
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) W. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm) Page: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) W. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 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
- 20.120.246
- Credit line
- The Grinnell Collection, Bequest of William Milne Grinnell, 1920
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Bow and Arrow
- Men
- Lions
The Met object ID 447305. 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.