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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.
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