“Rustam shoots Isfandiyar through the eye with an arrow”
Date1520
PeriodSafavid
MediumGouache painting, gold, and ink on paper
DimensionsLeaf: 12 x 7 in. (30.5 x 17.8 cm)
Miniature: 8 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPaintings
Object number11.6.1
DescriptionHere two of the greatest heroes of the Shahnameh meet on the battlefield. Rustam knows that Isfandiyar, the Kayanian crown prince, is invincible except for his eyes, which can only be pierced by a special arrow made from the feather of a simurgh (a magical, benevolent female bird). On View
Not on view
1520
Dated AH 1031 (1622 CE)
19th century
12th - 13th century
