The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Luhrasp Hears from the Returning Paladins of the Vanishing Kai Khusrau", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|Siyavush|Shah Isma'il II
- Date
- 1576–77
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) W. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 35.48
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1935
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus|Iranian, ca. 1536–1610|Iranian, ruled 1576–77
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Trees
The Met object ID 449020. 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.