"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Farid al-Din `Attar
Artist bio: Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur
Artist role: Author
Artist nationality: Iranian
Date: ca. 1600
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
                W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Page: H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm)
          W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Made in Isfahan   Iran  
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Accession year: 1963
Tags: Bread|Men|Women