The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"The Coronation of the Infant Shapur II", Folio 538r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Muzaffar 'Ali|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1525–30
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm) W. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 9/16 in. (47.1 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.59
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Artist information
Iranian, active late 1520s–70s; died ca. 1576|Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Women
The Met object ID 452168. 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.