# "Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, in Persian painting and the book

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi painted this in about 1530. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> On the third of his seven trials, the prince Isfandiyar faces a dragon.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1530
- Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions: 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)
- Type: Codices
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.301.51
- 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.

## Walk on

- [More by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/abu-l-qasim-firdausi?hang=749) (10 works)
- [More manuscripts of the 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16?hang=749) (18 works)
- [16th-century Persia](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia?hang=749) (6 works)

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