Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
1500s
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), 1500s. Iran, Tabriz or Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; sheet: 32.5 x 21.5 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.); image: 17.4 x 11 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.597
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 32.5 x 21.5 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Image: 17.4 x 11 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1915.597
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation), <em>Inaugural Catalogue, Gallery XII</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6-September 20, 1916).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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