Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Islamic
- Dimensions
- 26 × 17 cm (10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
- Origin
- Shiraz
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Ann McNear Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Narrative Both · 99%
The title identifies a specific episode from the Shahnama, while the image presents an action-filled scene with multiple figures, architecture, landscape, and animals.
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Figures in Nature Both · 97%
The miniature places numerous human figures amid rocky terrain, flowering plants, trees, water, and birds.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Numerous human figures appear throughout the miniature, including standing, seated, and mounted figures.
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Text Both · 99%
Persian-script writing appears in multiple cream-colored text panels incorporated into the painted page.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Both · 99%
The page uses highly intricate floral ornament in the outer margin and detailed patterned surfaces, garments, plants, rocks, and architectural elements within the miniature.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
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Manuscript Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the object as a page from a manuscript, and the image shows a painted miniature integrated with surrounding text panels on a folio.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1580/90, within the sixteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Iranian Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog gives Shiraz as the place of origin and identifies the work as Iran Shiraz.
Materials
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Use of Paper Both · 99%
The work is made on paper, and the image clearly shows a decorated paper folio with painted borders and margins.
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Gold Metadata · 99%
Gold is explicitly included in the cataloged medium, and metallic-gold details are visible in the miniature and its ornament.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 98%
The work is identified as a page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi and is associated with Islamic art from Shiraz.
Source & rights
anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120662
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 1,894 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed