The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din|Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili
- Date
- dated A.H. 741/1341 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) W. 11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm) Painting: H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) W. 9 5/16 in. (23.6 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
- 36.113.2
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1936
- Gallery
- 450
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus|Iranian, ca. 1303–1357 Shiraz|
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Horses
- Knights
The Met object ID 449107. 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.