The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Rustam Fights the Dragon (Rustam's Third Course)", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

ca. 1330–40

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting (max.): H. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) W. 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

2003.330.1

Credit line

Purchase, Gifts in memory of Richard S. Perkins, and funds from various donors, 2003

The Met object ID 454874. 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.