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"Throne Scene", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Throne Scene", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

Hafiz-i Abru

Date
ca. 1425
Medium
Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
Iran
Object number
57.51.37.2
Credit line
Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Iranian, born Khorasan–1430 Zanjan

Subjects and terms

  • Men

The Met object ID 451417. 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.