The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Isfandiyar's Second Course: He Slays the Lions", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1330–40
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm) W. 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm) Painting: H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm) W. 4 5/16 in. (4.8 x 10.9 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1974.290.25
- Credit line
- Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Lions
- Poetry
- Men
The Met object ID 452650. 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.