id: 136323
accession number: 1960.199.b
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.199.b
updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:48.325000
Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020), c. 1590–1600. Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; overall: 31 x 20.1 cm (12 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); text area: 25.4 x 15.7 cm (10 x 6 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John C. Heege 1960.199.b
title: Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: c. 1590–1600
creation date earliest: 1590
creation date latest: 1600
current location:
creditline: Gift of John C. Heege
copyright:
---
culture: Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique: opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Manuscript
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
---
CREATORS
---
measurements: Overall: 31 x 20.1 cm (12 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Text area: 25.4 x 15.7 cm (10 x 6 3/16 in.)
state of the work:
edition of the work:
support materials:
inscriptions:
inscription: Script: none
translation:
remark:
---
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Art and Stories from Mughal India
opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00
Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
---
LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
---
PROVENANCE
(Ascheroff, Paris, France)
date:
footnotes:
citations:
John C. Heege [1904–1990], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1960
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1960–
footnotes:
citations:
---
fun fact:
digital description:
wall description:
---
RELATED WORKS
---
CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 222
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n246
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 222
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n246
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 279
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n299
---
IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.199.b/1960.199.b_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.199.b/1960.199.b_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.199.b/1960.199.b_full.tif