The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Isfandiyar's Sixth Course: He Comes Through the Snow", Folio 438r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
'Abd al-Vahhab|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1525–30
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm) W. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 9/16 in. (47.1 cm) W. 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.53
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
- Gallery
- 462
Artist information
Iranian|Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Army
- Camels
- Horses
The Met object ID 452162. 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.