The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru
- Date
- ca. 1425
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm) W. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Object number
- 57.51.37.4
- Credit line
- Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
- Gallery
- 455
Artist information
Iranian, born Khorasan–1430 Zanjan
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Whales
The Met object ID 451419. 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.