The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Birth of Rustam", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- 1560–80
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 65.7.1
- Credit line
- Purchase, Rogers Fund and Joseph V. McMullan Gift, 1965
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Infants
- Birth
- Men
- Women
The Met object ID 451781. 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.