1941.293: Rustam Dragging the Khaqan of Chin from his Saddle (painting, verso), Rustam Battles Kamus (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1941.293

People

Mu’in Musavvir, Persian

Title

Rustam Dragging the Khaqan of Chin from his Saddle (painting, verso), Rustam Battles Kamus (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Shahnama

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

1648-1649

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan

Period

Safavid period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/170373

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

folio: 35.5 x 21.4 cm (14 x 8 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund

Accession Year

1941

Object Number

1941.293

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Eric Schroeder, Persian Miniatures in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), no. 27
• Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 117, no. 105
• John Seyller, ed., The Adventures of Hamza: Painting and storytelling in Mughal India, exh. cat., Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., 2002), p. 188-189, cat. 61
• Dr. Sheila R. Canby, "An Illustrated Shahnameh of 1650: Isfahan in the Service of Yazd", Journal of the David Collection, ed. Kjeld von Folsach and Joachim Meyer, The David Collection (2010), Vol. 3, pp. 54-113., p. 67-68, no. 17, fig. 8.

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