Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 16th century, dated 1580/1590
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: 27.3 × 14.6 cm (10 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
Origin: Shiraz
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Flax Ground · Yellow family · #C5B998 · 58%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #AC996D · 10%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #998155 · 10%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #DCD8CA · 6%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #745F3E · 6%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #3F3321 · 3%

Indigo Banner · Blue family · #454F7A · 2%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #BFAFA5 · 2%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #C1BBAE · 1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #B8A39F · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #52332F · <1%

Wheat Straw · Yellow family · #C2B173 · <1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #AAB3CE · <1%

Linen Gesso · White family · #F0E7D2 · <1%

Raw Ochre Field · Yellow family · #BBA04E · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #94A882 · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #758082 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #272D2C · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Ann McNear Collection

12 tags

Narrative Both · 98%

The catalog title identifies a specific episode from the Shahnama, while the image presents a structured scene of interacting figures and action.
War and Military Both · 99%

The title refers to the killing of Tur, and the image visibly depicts armed mounted combat with swords, bows, shields, and fallen or reclining figures.
Animals Visual · 99%

Numerous horses and mounted riders occupy much of the illustrated field, including overlapping and dynamically posed animals.
Text Both · 99%

Ruled columns and lower panels visibly contain manuscript writing, and the catalog identifies the object as a manuscript from the Shahnama.

Calligraphic Visual · 96%

The writing is rendered in flowing, carefully formed script within ruled manuscript columns.
Dense Composition Visual · 99%

Warriors, horses, weapons, costumes, and landscape motifs overlap across the central image, leaving little unoccupied pictorial space.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the object as a painting and specifies ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.
Watercolor Both · 98%

Opaque painted areas are clearly visible in the miniature, and opaque watercolor is specified in the catalog medium.
Work on Paper Both · 99%

The object is visibly a manuscript folio, and the catalog specifies paper as the support.
Manuscript Both · 99%

The image shows an illustrated manuscript page with text surrounding a miniature, consistent with the catalog title and medium description.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to the sixteenth century, specifically 1580/1590, during the Safavid dynasty.

Iranian Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog gives Shiraz as the place of origin and identifies Iran in the artist display field.

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Original image ↗ 1,892 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed