The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Rustam Lassos Rakhsh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

ca. 1450

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions

Page: H. 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm) W. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) Text and painting box: H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm) W. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Painting: H. 5 3/16 in. (13.1 cm) W. 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

India

Object number

1972.285.2

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1972

The Met object ID 452419. 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.