The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus", Folio from a Falnama (Book of Omens)

Maker not identified

Date

1550s

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 23 in. (58.4 cm) W. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm) Mat : H. 28 in. (71.1 cm) W. 22 in. (55.9 cm) Frame: H. 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm) W. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

35.64.3

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1935

The Met object ID 449026. 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.