The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- 1330s
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: Ht. 22 13/16 in. (58 cm) W. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) Mat: Ht. 24 in. (61 cm) W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 33.70
- Credit line
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1933
- Gallery
- 454
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Horses
- Funerals
The Met object ID 448938. 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.