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