The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili|al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din
- Date
- dated A.H. 741/1341 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) W. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm) Page: H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm) W. 11 15/16 in. (30.3 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 29.160.22
- Credit line
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus| |Iranian, ca. 1303–1357 Shiraz
Subjects and terms
- Hunting
- Boars
- Horses
The Met object ID 448280. 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.