Title

Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1300-30.

Caption

Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca.1300-30. Creator: Unknown.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A65_194

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,0Mb (9,4Mb) / 13,6in x 16,5in / 4086 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal people male man men animals horses horse arts painting country metal writing book guy pig weapon weapons museum color death gold war location century sword ink blade literature Iran Iranian swords miniature concept script killing swine hog wild boar warfare wild boars Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art poem poetry weaponry Persian Persia gold leaf 14th century Fourteenth Century Book of Kings Shahnama Shahnameh Shah-nameh slaying TGN watercolour manuscript Unknown Farsi Ferdowsi Firdawsi Abu Ol-qasem Mansur Firdausi Firdaws¯i Eurasian wild pig Heritage Art Nasta'liq Nastaliq epic poem (Abu Ol-qasem Mansur) (Firdausi) Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Bizhan Bijan