# "Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, in Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi painted this in about 1524. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> The tyrant Zahhak, from whose shoulders grew two serpents that fed on human brains, dreamed that three warriors attacked him and that the youngest struck him down with a mace shaped like a cow’s head.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1524
- Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions: Painting: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm) W. 12 15/16 in. (32.9 cm) Page: H. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm) W. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
- Type: Codices
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.301.4
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Abu'l Qasim Firdausi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/abu-l-qasim-firdausi), Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus

10 works in the collection.

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