Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama
1330–35
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama, 1330–35. Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 45.8 x 34.4 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.); image: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund 1943.658.b The Shahnama is an epic poem that traces the fortunes of heroes and kings, of lovers and enemies.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 45.8 x 34.4 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.); Image: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Script: Naskh
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1943.658.b
- Credit Line
- Grace Rainey Rogers Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Classical Style in Islamic Painting, Persian Miniature Manuscripts, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353, Islamic art rotation, <em>International Exhibition of Persian Art</em>. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (January 7-February 28, 1931)., <em>Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination.</em> Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (October 9, 1933-January 7, 1934)., <em>Persian Art</em>. Iranian Institute, New York, NY (1940)., <em>Islamic and Indian Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts</em>. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (December 15, 1955-February 19, 1956)., <em>Exhibition of Persian Art</em>. Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Rome, Italy (May-October 1956)., <em>Islamic Art Exhibition</em>. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (April 9-May 17, 1959)., <em>7000 Ans d'art en Iran</em>. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October-November 1961)., <em>Muslim Miniature Paintings from American Collections</em>. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy; Asia House, New York, NY (September 1962-February 1963)., <em>Imperial Images in Persian Painting</em>. The Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 13-September 11, 1977)., <em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 30, 2018–January 4, 2019).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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