The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Nushirvan Eating Food Brought by the Sons of Mahbud", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- 1330s
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm) W. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm) Painting: H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm) W. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 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
- 52.20.2
- Credit line
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Women
- Calligraphy
- Eating
The Met object ID 451082. 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.