The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Rustam Kills Isfandiyar with a Double Pointed Arrow", Folio from a Shahnama

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

15th century

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

Frame: H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) W. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm) Mat window (approx.): H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm) W. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

2016.176

Credit line

Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2016

The Met object ID 704540. 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.