The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Alexander Executes Janusiyar and Mahiyar, the Slayers of Darius", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- dated A.H. 887/1482 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 8 3/4 (22.2 cm) W. 5 3/8 in. (13.6cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 40.38.1
- Credit line
- Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Alexander The Great
- Execution
- Human Figures
The Met object ID 449687. 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.