"Luhrasp Hears from the Returning Paladins of the Vanishing Kai Khusrau", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|Siyavush|Shah Isma'il II
1576–77 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art
The illustration is one of fifty-five dispersed folios from a Shahnama thought to have been commissioned by the Safavid ruler Shah Isma'il II (r. 1576–77). Siyavush, the painter of this work, worked in the royal atelier of Shah Isma'il’s father Shah Tahmasp and continued to work at the Safavid court after Shah Tahmasp’s death. The paintings from this Shahnama are simpler than previous examples and are larger in scale. Details such as the rocks are thinly painted with little attention to detail, suggesting that the painting was never finished.
- Artist
- Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|Siyavush|Shah Isma'il II
- Date
- 1576–77
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1935
