Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020)
1520–40
Mir Musavvir
Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555)
Islamic Art
Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), 1520–40. Attributed to Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555). Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper; sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); text area: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1988.96.b The 50,000 rhyming couplets of the Shahnama tell the story of ancient kings of Iran.
- Maker/Artist
- Mir Musavvir
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Text area: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Script: Nasta'liq
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1988.96.b
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Art and Stories from Mughal India
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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