File:Court of Gayumars by Sultan Mohammed.png
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The Court of Kayumars, Folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
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Scanned by Doctor Science; artwork created in the early 16thC, as part of the Shahnama-yi Shahi (The King's Book of Kings, formally known as the Houghton Shah-nama). The artist was Sultan Muhammad or one of his co-workers. |
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The Court of Kayumars, Folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp |
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Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp  |
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| Object type |
manuscript illumination |
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| Description |
English: Gayumarth, first Shah of Iran, is enthroned among his courtiers clad in leopard skins at the opening of the Shahnama-yi Shahi (The King's Book of Kings). This miniature was probably painted by Sultan Mohammed, and has been considered the most beautiful image of all Persian art. The picture was painted at the request of Shah Tahmasp. The work was presented by the Safavid ruler to the Ottoman sultan Selim II in 1568. The book was broken apart by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., in the mid-1970s; this plate was one of those Houghton donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. |
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between 1522 and 1525 |
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gouache paint, ink and gold on paper |
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| Dimensions |
height: 345 mm (13.5 in) ; width: 225 mm (8.8 in) |
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AKM165 (Aga Khan Museum) |
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https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/collection/artifact/court-of-kayumars-akm165, Aga Khan Museum (English) |
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| Source/Photographer | Scan of page 37 from Persian Painting: Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the Sixteenth Century, by Stuart Cary Welch (NY: George Brazillier, 1976), scanned 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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