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Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
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Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in The Battle Between Rustem and Afrasiab, from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru’s Majma’ al-tawarikh
ca. 1425
Opaque watercolor on paper
sheet: 16 7/8 × 13 3/16 in. (42.9 × 33.5 cm)
image: 13 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (33.2 × 22.7 cm)
other (Painting): 6 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (16.2 × 22 cm)
image: 13 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (33.2 × 22.7 cm)
other (Painting): 6 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (16.2 × 22 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Wilson P. Foss, Jr.
1965.51.2
Geography:
Afghanistan
Status:
Culture:
Afghani, Islamic
Period:
Timurid dynasty (1370–1507)
Classification:
Paintings
Bibliography:
Reza Mohamad Ghiasian, “The Historical Style of Painting for Shahrukh and Its Revival in the Dispersed Manuscript of Majma? al-Tawarikh,” Iranian Studies 48 no. 6 (2015): 899.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
