The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Gushtasp Slays the Dragon of Mount Saqila", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1330–40
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm) W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) Painting: H. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm) W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1974.290.24
- Credit line
- Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
- Gallery
- 455
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Poetry
- Men
- Dragons
- Horses
The Met object ID 452649. 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.