The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Alexander and the Circle of Seven Sages", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting and Text Block: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) W. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Page: H.10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 13.228.9.2
- Credit line
- Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Artist information
present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Subjects and terms
- Alexander The Great
- Men
The Met object ID 455025. 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.