Shahnamah

Shahnamah

Description:
The Funeral of Iskandar
Author:
Abu al-Qasim Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
Copyist:
Unknown
Language:
Persian
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Location:
Iran, probably Isfahan
Dimensions:
Folio: H. 20.5 cm; W. 13.3 cm
Date:
ca. 1330–40
Inventory Number:
1974.290.34
Lender:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Islamic Art
Credit:
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
CC0 1.0, Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art