
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"How Rustam Found a Spring", 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
- Text block: H. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm) Painting: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm) W. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Northwestern Iran or Baghdad
- Object number
- 69.74.8
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1969
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Animals
- Men
- Poets
The Met object ID 452048. 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.