The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Iskandar Kills the Habash Monster", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1300–30
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Page: H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm) W. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Northwestern Iran or Baghdad
- Object number
- 69.74.5
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1969
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Poetry
- Weapons
- Men
- Horses
The Met object ID 452045. 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.