# Farid al-Din \`Attar

Artist galleries · hang 752 · 2 works

Farid al-Din \`Attar (Iranian, 1142–1220). Every work of theirs in the collection, in today's hang.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## North wall

1. ["A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-ruffian-spares-the-life-of-a-poor-man-folio-4v-from-a-mant-met-451723), Farid al-Din \`Attar, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/farid-al-din-attar/a-ruffian-spares-the-life-of-a-poor-man-folio-4v-from-a-mant-met-451723?hang=752)
2. ["Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728), Farid al-Din \`Attar, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/farid-al-din-attar/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728?hang=752)

## Doors

- [More Persian painting and the book](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/persian-painting?hang=752&via=continue) (24 works)
- [16th-century Persia](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia?hang=752&via=continue) (6 works)