The Armies of Forud Clashing with the Forces of Tus, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Abu’I Qasim Firdausi

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The Armies of Forud Clashing with the Forces of Tus, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Abu’I Qasim Firdausi

Artist School of Mu'in Musavvir , 17th century

Place of OriginIran, probably Isfahan

Dateabout 1650

DimensionsPainting: 14 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (36.2 × 22.5 cm)
Frame: 23 × 19 × 1 5/8 in. (58.4 × 48.3 × 4.1 cm)

MediumGouache, heightened with gold and silver on laid paper

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family

Object number

2009.21

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 15

DescriptionManuscript page depicting a battle scene from the Persian epic the Shahnama. The painting is incorporated into the text of the page with battle flags and some of the figures extending through the margins of the text.

Published Referencesc.f. Titley, Norah M. Persian Miniature Painting, London, 1983, pl. 19, p. 119. c.f. Soudavar, Abolala, Art of the Persian Courts, New York, 1992, fig. 49, p. 290. c.f. Welch, S. C., A King's Book of Kings The Shah-Nameh of Shah Tahmasp, New York, 1972.