The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"The Coup against Usurper Shah", Folio 745v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Dust Muhammad|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1530–35
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm) W. 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) W. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.76
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
- Gallery
- 462
Artist information
Iranian, Herat late 1400s–1560s Qazvin|Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Battles
- Army
- Flags
- Horses
The Met object ID 452185. 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.