The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Rudaba's Maids Return to the Palace", Folio 71v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|'Abd al-'Aziz
- Date
- ca. 1525
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm) W. 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.6
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus|active first half 16th century
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Women
The Met object ID 452115. 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.