The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Sultan Muhammad|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1524
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm) W. 12 15/16 in. (32.9 cm) Page: H. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm) W. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.4
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Artist information
Iranian, active first half 16th century|Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Men
The Met object ID 452113. 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.