The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", 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. 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm) W. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm) Painting: H. 1 7/8 (4.8 cm) W. 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1974.290.28
- Credit line
- Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Birds
- Men
- Mythical Creatures
- Carriages
The Met object ID 452653. 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.