The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Bizhan Receives an Invitation through Manizha's Nurse", Folio 300v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|'Abd al-Vahhab
- Date
- ca. 1525–30
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 11/16 in. (47.5 cm) W. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.42
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus|Iranian
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Women
- Horses
The Met object ID 452151. 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.