Shahnamah

An image of a single page from a book in ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper showing a group of people and two horses comforting a dying man in a garden.

Shahnamah

Description:
Recto: Iskandar Comforts the Dying Dara
Author:
Abu al-Qasim Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
Copyist:
Unknown
Language:
Persian
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Location:
Iran
Dimensions:
Folio: H. 32.4 cm; W. 21 cm
Date:
ca. 1590–1600
Inventory Number:
S1986.266
Lender:
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Credit:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler