The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Suhrab Slain by Rustam", 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. 8 in. (20.3 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm) Painting: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) W. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- India
- Object number
- 1985.404.1
- Credit line
- Gift of Jeffrey Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1985
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Poetry
- Men
- Horses
The Met object ID 453265. 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.