Artwork Page for Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

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Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

1520–37

attributed to Mir Musavvir

(Iranian, c. 1510–1555)

attributed to Abd al-Vahhab

(Persian, active c. 1516)
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Culture
Iran, Tabriz, Safavid period (1501-1722)
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper
Measurements
Sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Image: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1988.96
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Location
242B Indian Painting(not visible)
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The Shahnameh is a mixture of a mythology and a history of the Iranian people.

Description

The legendary hero Rustam brutally takes the demon chief’s liver blood, needed to cure his king of blindness. Paintings from the Shah-nama made for the Persian ruler Shah Tahmasp (reigned 1524–76) were acclaimed in their day for their brilliant coloring and refinement. Seven of the artists who contributed to this book moved to India to lead the new Mughal painting workshop in the 1550s. They introduced to the Indian artists a more complex color sensibility and preference for presenting faces in three-quarter view, as opposed to in profile.
Two pages with text written in in Persian script the center. The page on the left features a large image in the middle of the text. The image depicts an armored man defeating a creature, surrounded by figures in colorful foliage. The page on the right features a rectangle with golden text that is surrounded by a blue and golden background.

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

1520–37

Mir Musavvir, Abd al-Vahhab

(Iranian, c. 1510–1555), (Persian, active c. 1516)
Iran, Tabriz, Safavid period (1501-1722)

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