The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili|al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- 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 7/8 in. (30.2 cm) Painting: H. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm) W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm) Text block: H. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm) W. x 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 57.51.36
- Credit line
- Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
- Gallery
- 450
Artist information
|Iranian, ca. 1303–1357 Shiraz|Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Poetry
- Men
The Met object ID 451415. 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.