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The episode belongs to the long wars between Iran and Turan that run through Ferdowsi’s Shahnama, and it is a lesson in the cost of overconfidence.","\"The Besotted Iranian Camp Attacked by Night\", Folio 241r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525–30",{"_296":399,"_298":400,"_300":401},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1233.jpg?dl=1","/art/the-besotted-iranian-camp-attacked-by-night-folio-241r-from-met-452145","/galleries/style/persian-painting/the-besotted-iranian-camp-attacked-by-night-folio-241r-from-met-452145",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":394,"_125":395,"_287":396},{"_277":391,"_279":392,"_281":393,"_283":375},56.64229765013055,71.5,32.64229765013055,{"_289":226,"_123":397,"_154":398,"_140":85},{"_289":125,"_123":290,"_154":291,"_140":81},{"_289":287,"_123":166,"_154":165,"_140":85},"artist/abu-l-qasim-firdausi","More by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1233/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1233/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1233/1920.jpg","met","the-met","The Metropolitan Museum of Art","New York",{"_315":419,"_317":420},{"_315":417,"_317":418},{"_315":415,"_317":416},{"_315":413,"_317":414},{"_315":411,"_317":412},"#635675",0.0233,"#8a6150",0.065,"#71605d",0.1028,"#9d9283",0.133,"#c9bb98",0.6759,"Abu'l Qasim Firdausi","abu-l-qasim-firdausi","bio","Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus","nationality","Iranian","birth_year",935,"death_year",1020,"birth_place","death_place","about_excerpt","the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725","\"The Concourse of the Birds\", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)",{"_42":487,"_223":488,"_423":489,"_425":426,"_427":490,"_429":491,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":103},"ca. 1600","Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper","Painting: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm) W. 4 1/2in. (11.4cm) Page: H. 13 in. (33 cm) W. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)",11.4,25.4,0.6700206398348814,[472,473,474,475,476],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"63.210.11","Habiballah of Sava painted this in about 1600, aged about 10. It is now at The Met in New York.","\"The Concourse of the Birds\", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), by Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600",{"_296":469,"_298":470,"_300":471},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1228.jpg?dl=1","/art/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725","/galleries/style/persian-painting/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":459,"_125":460,"_287":461},{"_277":455,"_279":456,"_281":457,"_283":458},40.750515995872036,49,16.750515995872036,25,{"_289":226,"_123":467,"_154":468,"_140":89},{"_289":125,"_123":464,"_154":465,"_140":466},{"_289":287,"_123":462,"_154":463,"_140":93},"era/16-persia","16th-century Persia","style/manuscript-16","More manuscripts of the 16th century",18,"artist/contemporaries-of-habiballah-of-sava","Habiballah of Sava's contemporaries","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1228/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1228/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1228/1920.jpg",{"_315":485,"_317":486},{"_315":483,"_317":484},{"_315":481,"_317":482},{"_315":479,"_317":480},{"_315":477,"_317":478},"#b79664",0.073,"#9b9893",0.101,"#e7e1ce",0.1119,"#8d7e66",0.1435,"#5e6965",0.5706,"Habiballah of Sava","habiballah-of-sava","Iranian, active ca. 1590–1610",1565,1635,"zahhak-is-told-his-fate-folio-29v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-met-452113","\"Zahhak is Told His Fate\", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp",{"_42":421,"_223":422,"_423":424,"_425":426,"_427":428,"_429":430,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":85},"ca. 1524","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)",47,31.9,0.680773249738767,[523,524,525,526,527],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"1970.301.4","Abu'l Qasim Firdausi painted this in about 1524. It is now at The Met in New York.","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.","\"Zahhak is Told His Fate\", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1524",{"_296":520,"_298":521,"_300":522},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1232.jpg?dl=1","/art/zahhak-is-told-his-fate-folio-29v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-met-452113","/galleries/style/persian-painting/zahhak-is-told-his-fate-folio-29v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-met-452113",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":517,"_125":518,"_287":519},{"_277":513,"_279":514,"_281":515,"_283":516},55.948135052508675,70.92918686914935,31.948135052508672,46.92918686914935,{"_289":226,"_123":397,"_154":398,"_140":85},{"_289":125,"_123":290,"_154":291,"_140":81},{"_289":287,"_123":166,"_154":165,"_140":85},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1232/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1232/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1232/1920.jpg",{"_315":536,"_317":537},{"_315":534,"_317":535},{"_315":532,"_317":533},{"_315":530,"_317":531},{"_315":528,"_317":529},"#5d4e74",0.0313,"#d8cfb8",0.0749,"#766d6a",0.1072,"#968468",0.1221,"#c4b388",0.6645,"the-feast-of-sada-folio-22v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-kings-met-452111","\"The Feast of Sada\", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp",{"_42":421,"_223":422,"_423":424,"_425":426,"_427":428,"_429":430,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":85},"ca. 1525","Painting: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) W. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm) Page: H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) W.12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)",23,24.1,0.7005,[569,570,571,572,573],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"1970.301.2","Abu'l Qasim Firdausi painted this in about 1525. It is now at The Met in New York.","King Hushang, an early ruler in Ferdowsi’s mythic history of Iran, hurls a stone at a serpent; it misses, strikes a rock and throws off sparks, and so fire is discovered. In thanks he founds the Feast of Sada, celebrated around a great blaze, with animals gathered in the surrounding landscape.","\"The Feast of Sada\", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525",{"_296":566,"_298":567,"_300":568},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1230.jpg?dl=1","/art/the-feast-of-sada-folio-22v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-kings-met-452111","/galleries/style/persian-painting/the-feast-of-sada-folio-22v-from-the-shahnama-book-of-kings-met-452111",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":563,"_125":564,"_287":565},{"_277":559,"_279":560,"_281":561,"_283":562},43.70500317178356,52.129911737021494,19.705003171783556,28.129911737021494,{"_289":226,"_123":397,"_154":398,"_140":85},{"_289":125,"_123":290,"_154":291,"_140":81},{"_289":287,"_123":166,"_154":165,"_140":85},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1230/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1230/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1230/1920.jpg",{"_315":582,"_317":583},{"_315":580,"_317":581},{"_315":578,"_317":579},{"_315":576,"_317":577},{"_315":574,"_317":575},"#7a7085",0.0447,"#ece4d4",0.0753,"#967470",0.0891,"#9c937f",0.1751,"#d4c29d",0.6158,"tahmuras-defeats-the-divs-folio-23v-from-the-shahnama-book-o-met-452112","\"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs\", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp",{"_42":421,"_223":422,"_423":424,"_425":426,"_427":428,"_429":430,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":85},"Painting: H. 11 1/8 (28.3 cm) W. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) W. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)",18.6,28.3,0.6803450078410873,[612,613,614,615,616],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"1970.301.3","Tahmuras, the third king in Ferdowsi’s Shahnama, earned the title ‘Binder of Demons’ by riding out against the divs, the horned spirits of chaos in Persian legend, and subduing them with his mace. To save their lives, the defeated demons taught him the art of writing, a gift he passed on to his people.","\"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs\", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525",{"_296":609,"_298":610,"_300":611},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1231.jpg?dl=1","/art/tahmuras-defeats-the-divs-folio-23v-from-the-shahnama-book-o-met-452112","/galleries/style/persian-painting/tahmuras-defeats-the-divs-folio-23v-from-the-shahnama-book-o-met-452112",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":606,"_125":607,"_287":608},{"_277":603,"_279":604,"_281":605,"_283":589},43.25376372190277,52.3,19.25376372190277,{"_289":226,"_123":397,"_154":398,"_140":85},{"_289":125,"_123":290,"_154":291,"_140":81},{"_289":287,"_123":166,"_154":165,"_140":85},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1231/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1231/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1231/1920.jpg",{"_315":625,"_317":626},{"_315":623,"_317":624},{"_315":621,"_317":622},{"_315":619,"_317":620},{"_315":617,"_317":618},"#867454",0.0614,"#887472",0.0828,"#adaeae",0.0858,"#aca185",0.1097,"#c9b890",0.6603,"folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-447071","Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi",{"_42":677,"_223":678,"_423":679,"_425":426,"_427":680,"_429":681,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":101},"dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE","Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper","H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) W. 5 in. (12.7 cm)",12.7,19.1,0.6655475206611571,[662,663,664,665,666],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"19.68.1","Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi painted this (dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE), aged about 25. It is now at The Met in New York.","Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi, by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE",{"_296":659,"_298":660,"_300":661},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1212.jpg?dl=1","/art/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-447071","/galleries/style/persian-painting/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-447071",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":650,"_125":651,"_287":652},{"_277":648,"_279":456,"_281":649,"_283":458},40.63868801652893,16.638688016528928,{"_289":226,"_123":657,"_154":658,"_140":89},{"_289":125,"_123":655,"_154":656,"_140":87},{"_289":287,"_123":653,"_154":654,"_140":93},"era/14-persia","14th-century Persia","style/manuscript-14","More manuscripts of the 14th century","artist/contemporaries-of-muhammad-ibn-badr-al-din-jajarmi","Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi's contemporaries","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1212/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1212/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1212/1920.jpg",{"_315":675,"_317":676},{"_315":673,"_317":674},{"_315":671,"_317":672},{"_315":669,"_317":670},{"_315":667,"_317":668},"#7a644c",0.1105,"#9a6249",0.1931,"#a4886d",0.2195,"#c4ad8d",0.2273,"#a14f3a",0.2496,"Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi","muhammad-ibn-badr-al-din-jajarmi","Iranian, active 1340s",1315,1365,"isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160","\"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon\", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp",{"_42":421,"_223":422,"_423":424,"_425":426,"_427":428,"_429":430,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":85},"ca. 1530","Painting: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm) W. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm) Page: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)",31.8,47.3,0.6786833855799373,[712,713,714,715,716],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"1970.301.51","Abu'l Qasim Firdausi painted this in about 1530. It is now at The Met in New York.","On the third of his seven trials, the prince Isfandiyar faces a dragon.","\"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon\", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530",{"_296":709,"_298":710,"_300":711},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1234.jpg?dl=1","/art/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160","/galleries/style/persian-painting/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":706,"_125":707,"_287":708},{"_277":703,"_279":704,"_281":705,"_283":688},56.101724137931036,71.3,32.101724137931036,{"_289":226,"_123":397,"_154":398,"_140":85},{"_289":125,"_123":464,"_154":465,"_140":466},{"_289":287,"_123":462,"_154":463,"_140":93},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1234/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1234/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1234/1920.jpg",{"_315":725,"_317":726},{"_315":723,"_317":724},{"_315":721,"_317":722},{"_315":719,"_317":720},{"_315":717,"_317":718},"#645eae",0.0171,"#817996",0.0182,"#716358",0.0661,"#9f9a91",0.1664,"#cec6a9",0.7322,"laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041","\"Laila and Majnun at School\", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja",{"_42":773,"_223":774,"_423":775,"_425":426,"_427":776,"_429":777,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":103},"835 AH/1431–32 CE","Page: H. 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm) W. 9 in. (22.9cm)f Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)f W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)",22.9,31.3,0.7496757457846952,[758,759,760,761,762],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"1994.232.4","Ja'far Baisunghuri painted this in 835 AH/1431–32 CE. It is now at The Met in New York.","\"Laila and Majnun at School\", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, by Ja'far Baisunghuri, 835 AH/1431–32 CE",{"_296":755,"_298":756,"_300":757},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1241.jpg?dl=1","/art/laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041","/galleries/style/persian-painting/laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":750,"_125":751,"_287":752},{"_277":747,"_279":748,"_281":749,"_283":733},47.46485084306096,55.3,23.46485084306096,{"_289":226,"_123":753,"_154":754,"_140":89},{"_289":125,"_123":290,"_154":291,"_140":81},{"_289":287,"_123":166,"_154":165,"_140":85},"artist/contemporaries-of-ja-far-baisunghuri","Ja'far Baisunghuri's contemporaries","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1241/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1241/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1241/1920.jpg",{"_315":771,"_317":772},{"_315":769,"_317":770},{"_315":767,"_317":768},{"_315":765,"_317":766},{"_315":763,"_317":764},"#d37a4d",0.0553,"#e0d8cc",0.1201,"#6a6564",0.154,"#937b5e",0.2126,"#d0b384",0.458,"Ja'far Baisunghuri","ja-far-baisunghuri","Iranian, active Herat, first half 15th century",1400,1460,"preface-verso-from-a-double-page-frontispiece-of-a-shahnama-cma-133449","Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)","c. 1444","opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper","Overall: 32.7 x 22 cm (12 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)",22,32.7,0.7023529411764706,[809,810,811,812,813],{"_222":305,"_223":306,"_42":307,"_308":309},"1956.10.b","An unrecorded Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501) artist painted this in about 1444. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.",{"_118":808,"_303":304},"Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), c. 1444",{"_296":805,"_298":806,"_300":807},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/611.jpg?dl=1","/art/preface-verso-from-a-double-page-frontispiece-of-a-shahnama-cma-133449","/galleries/style/persian-painting/preface-verso-from-a-double-page-frontispiece-of-a-shahnama-cma-133449",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":802,"_125":803,"_287":804},{"_277":799,"_279":800,"_281":801,"_283":784},46.96694117647059,56.7,22.96694117647059,{"_289":226,"_123":169,"_154":168,"_140":97},{"_289":125,"_123":290,"_154":291,"_140":81},{"_289":287,"_123":166,"_154":165,"_140":85},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/611/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/611/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/611/1920.jpg","This text page is the first page of a Shahnama manuscript with an illuminated heading containing the basmala (\"In the name of Allah, etc.\") followed by the text of the preface to the Shahnama .",{"_315":822,"_317":823},{"_315":820,"_317":821},{"_315":818,"_317":819},{"_315":816,"_317":817},{"_315":814,"_317":815},"#bba174",0.0663,"#867f6c",0.0681,"#f3ecde",0.0819,"#cab79d",0.3247,"#dccab2",0.459,"akbar-offering-timur-s-crown-to-shah-jahan-aic-53563","Akbar Offering Timur's Crown to Shah Jahan",{"_42":886,"_223":887,"_423":-5,"_425":-5,"_427":-5,"_429":-5,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":103},"Mughal period (1526–1857), ca. 1650–1700",17,"painting","Painting","Ink on paper","21.2 × 15.6 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.)",21,0.7409713574097135,[871,872,873,874,875],{"_222":867,"_223":868,"_42":869,"_308":870},"Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago","1945.311","Islamic painted this in the Mughal period (1526–1857), ca. 1650–1700. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.","A work made of ink on paper.",{"_296":864,"_298":865,"_300":866},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/167.jpg?dl=1","/art/akbar-offering-timur-s-crown-to-shah-jahan-aic-53563","/galleries/style/persian-painting/akbar-offering-timur-s-crown-to-shah-jahan-aic-53563",{"_292":862,"_294":863},{"_226":851,"_125":852,"_287":853},{"_277":848,"_279":849,"_281":850,"_283":458},33.524283935242835,40,18.52428393524284,{"_289":226,"_123":860,"_154":861,"_140":89},{"_289":125,"_123":857,"_154":858,"_140":859},{"_289":287,"_123":854,"_154":855,"_140":856},"era/17","The 17th century",266,"style/painting-17","More paintings of the 17th century",168,"artist/contemporaries-of-islamic","Islamic's contemporaries","natural","ivory","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/167/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/167/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/167/1920.jpg","aic","art-institute-of-chicago","Art Institute of Chicago","Chicago",{"_315":884,"_317":885},{"_315":882,"_317":883},{"_315":880,"_317":881},{"_315":878,"_317":879},{"_315":876,"_317":877},"#c2a37b",0.0655,"#e9ddc6",0.0738,"#d7c09d",0.2018,"#cbb390",0.3188,"#cfba9b",0.3401,"Islamic","islamic","dancing-dervishes-folio-from-a-divan-of-hafiz-met-446892","\"Dancing Dervishes\", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz",{"_42":934,"_223":935,"_423":936,"_425":426,"_427":937,"_429":938,"_431":939,"_432":939,"_433":-5,"_140":103},"ca. 1480","Opaque watercolor and gold on paper","Painting: H. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm) W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Page: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm) W. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)",10.8,17.9,0.6373030224748127,[919,920,921,922,923],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"17.81.4","Hafiz painted this in about 1480. It is now at The Met in New York.","\"Dancing Dervishes\", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, by Hafiz, ca. 1480",{"_296":916,"_298":917,"_300":918},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1211.jpg?dl=1","/art/dancing-dervishes-folio-from-a-divan-of-hafiz-met-446892","/galleries/style/persian-painting/dancing-dervishes-folio-from-a-divan-of-hafiz-met-446892",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":911,"_125":912,"_287":913},{"_277":909,"_279":456,"_281":910,"_283":458},39.93257556187032,15.932575561870319,{"_289":226,"_123":914,"_154":915,"_140":89},{"_289":125,"_123":290,"_154":291,"_140":81},{"_289":287,"_123":166,"_154":165,"_140":85},"artist/contemporaries-of-hafiz","Hafiz's contemporaries","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1211/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1211/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1211/1920.jpg",{"_315":932,"_317":933},{"_315":930,"_317":931},{"_315":928,"_317":929},{"_315":926,"_317":927},{"_315":924,"_317":925},"#8797a4",0.0594,"#8f816f",0.1113,"#63625e",0.1211,"#d2bc9d",0.1727,"#b79871",0.5355,"Hafiz","hafiz","Iranian, 1325–1390",1325,1390,"Shiraz","gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648","\"Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf\", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)",{"_42":421,"_223":422,"_423":424,"_425":426,"_427":428,"_429":430,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":85},"ca. 1330–40","Painting: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) W. 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm) Page: H. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm) W. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)",13.5,20.5,0.67375,[969,970,971,972,973],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"1974.290.23","Abu'l Qasim Firdausi painted this in about 1330–40. It is now at The Met in New York.","Exiled in the land of Rum, the Iranian prince Gushtasp ventures into a forest to kill the karg, a monstrous horned wolf that terrorised the country, on behalf of a suitor who must slay it to win the emperor’s daughter. He brings it down with arrows and finishes it with his sword.","\"Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf\", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1330–40",{"_296":966,"_298":967,"_300":968},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1237.jpg?dl=1","/art/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648","/galleries/style/persian-painting/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":963,"_125":964,"_287":965},{"_277":961,"_279":456,"_281":962,"_283":458},40.84375,16.84375,{"_289":226,"_123":397,"_154":398,"_140":85},{"_289":125,"_123":655,"_154":656,"_140":87},{"_289":287,"_123":653,"_154":654,"_140":93},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1237/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1237/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1237/1920.jpg",{"_315":981,"_317":982},{"_315":979,"_317":980},{"_315":977,"_317":978},{"_315":976,"_317":624},{"_315":974,"_317":975},"#534d46",0.0345,"#8a6f5c","#ece8df",0.1305,"#c3b38f",0.3281,"#b0a181",0.3972,"muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418","\"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation\", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)",{"_42":1030,"_223":1031,"_423":1032,"_425":426,"_427":1033,"_429":1034,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":103},"ca. 1425","Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper","Painting: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) Page: H. 16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm) W. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)",33.7,42.8,0.8194726166328601,[1015,1016,1017,1018,1019],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"57.51.37.3","Hafiz-i Abru painted this in about 1425, aged about 50. It is now at The Met in New York.","\"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation\", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories), by Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425",{"_296":1012,"_298":1013,"_300":1014},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1226.jpg?dl=1","/art/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418","/galleries/style/persian-painting/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":1007,"_125":1008,"_287":1009},{"_277":1004,"_279":1005,"_281":1006,"_283":990},59.07342799188641,66.8,35.07342799188641,{"_289":226,"_123":1010,"_154":1011,"_140":89},{"_289":125,"_123":655,"_154":656,"_140":87},{"_289":287,"_123":653,"_154":654,"_140":93},"artist/contemporaries-of-hafiz-i-abru","Hafiz-i Abru's contemporaries","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1226/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1226/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1226/1920.jpg",{"_315":1028,"_317":1029},{"_315":1026,"_317":1027},{"_315":1024,"_317":1025},{"_315":1022,"_317":1023},{"_315":1020,"_317":1021},"#3f3a3c",0.0495,"#5c6078",0.0793,"#88755f",0.1592,"#e8e5e8",0.2535,"#bca994",0.4585,"Hafiz-i Abru","hafiz-i-abru","Iranian, born Khorasan–1430 Zanjan",1350,1430,"bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171","\"Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers\", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp",{"_42":421,"_223":422,"_423":424,"_425":426,"_427":428,"_429":430,"_431":-5,"_432":-5,"_433":-5,"_140":85},"ca. 1530–35","Painting: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) Page: H. 18 9/16 in. (47.1 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)",47.1,0.67,[1064,1065,1066,1067,1068],{"_222":402,"_223":403,"_42":404,"_308":405},"1970.301.62","Abu'l Qasim Firdausi painted this in about 1530–35. It is now at The Met in New York.","The Sasanian king Bahram Gur takes his nickname from the gur, or onager, the wild ass he loved to hunt. In this episode from Ferdowsi’s Shahnama he demonstrates his legendary marksmanship by pinning a pair of mating onagers together with a single arrow.","\"Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers\", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35",{"_296":1061,"_298":1062,"_300":1063},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1235.jpg?dl=1","/art/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171","/galleries/style/persian-painting/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171",{"_292":293,"_294":295},{"_226":1058,"_125":1059,"_287":1060},{"_277":1055,"_279":1056,"_281":1057,"_283":1040},55.557,71.1,31.557000000000002,{"_289":226,"_123":397,"_154":398,"_140":85},{"_289":125,"_123":464,"_154":465,"_140":466},{"_289":287,"_123":462,"_154":463,"_140":93},"https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1235/480.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1235/960.jpg","https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1235/1920.jpg",{"_315":1076,"_317":1077},{"_315":1075,"_317":624},{"_315":1073,"_317":1074},{"_315":1071,"_317":1072},{"_315":1069,"_317":1070},"#716569",0.032,"#edeae0",0.0883,"#978d76",0.1039,"#b3b7c3","#d0c6a5",0.6661,{"_1079":-5,"_1080":1081,"_1082":1083,"_1084":8,"_1085":1086,"_1087":8},"user","csrf","d0cd73cf4e9b39534f528c5dc47f6d67c07f3073","cartCount",0,"dropLive","legal",[1088,1089,1090,1091,1092,1093,1094,1095,1096,1097,1098,1099],"uploadsEnabled",{"_223":1122,"_20":1123},{"_223":1120,"_20":1121},{"_223":1118,"_20":1119},{"_223":1116,"_20":1117},{"_223":1114,"_20":1115},{"_223":1112,"_20":1113},{"_223":1110,"_20":1111},{"_223":1108,"_20":1109},{"_223":1106,"_20":1107},{"_223":1104,"_20":1105},{"_223":1102,"_20":1103},{"_223":1100,"_20":1101},"credits","Open-Access Credits","accessibility","Accessibility Statement","vulnerability-disclosure","Vulnerability Disclosure Policy","own-photo","Printing Your Own Photo","copyright","Copyright and DMCA Policy","agents","Agent & API Terms","acceptable-use","Acceptable Use Policy","cookies","Cookie Policy","privacy","Privacy Policy","limited-editions","Limited Editions and Certificates","sale","Terms of Sale","terms","Terms of Use"]