"Bahram Gur's Skill with the Bow", Folio 17v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Nizami|Maulana Azhar
Artist bio: present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja|died 1475/76
Artist role: Author|Calligrapher
Artist nationality:  | 
Date: ca. 1430
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
                W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
          W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan  
Credit line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Horses|Bow and Arrow|Men|Hunting|Deer