The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Rescue of Bizhan by Piran", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1610
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) Painting: H. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm) W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- India
- Object number
- 1983.354.1
- Credit line
- Gift of Wendy Findlay, 1983
- Gallery
- 463
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Men
The Met object ID 453212. 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.