Shida Is Slain by Khusrau, from the Shahnama of Firdausi / Shiraz and Timurid Schools

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Accession Number: 1963/1.56
Title: Shida Is Slain by Khusrau, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
Artist: Shiraz and Timurid Schools
Artist Nationality: Iranian
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1460
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Dimensions: 26.7 cm x 17.8 cm (10 1/2 in. x 7 in.)
Century: 15th century
Primary Keywords: battle; death; shahnama
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; how we live; literary; rites of passage; war
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1520 x 2112
File Size: 427 KB
Record: 1963/1.56
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-1.56/1963_1.56.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Cross, w17 - Shahnama (40); Arts from Persia and Iran (165); Before 1492 (500); Death and dying (500); Poetry and Narratives (95); Shahnama (39)

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Full citation: "Shida Is Slain by Khusrau, from the Shahnama of Firdausi; Shiraz and Timurid Schools." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-1.56/1963_1.56.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.