The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Giv Avenges Bahram by Slaying Tazhav", Folio 248r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qadimi|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1525–30
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm) W. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 11/16 in. (47.5 cm) W. 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.39
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Artist information
Iranian, active ca. 1525–1565|Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Poetry
- Prisons
- Battles
- Army
The Met object ID 452148. 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.