The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"The Tortoise", Folio from an `Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini
Zakaria bin Muhammad bin Mahmud Abu Yahya Qazwini
- Date
- second half 16th century
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) W. 5 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Frame: H. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm) W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 45.174.17
- Credit line
- Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
Artist information
ca. 1203–83
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Crocodiles
- Fish
- Snakes
- Turtles
The Met object ID 450599. 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.