"Yazdegird I Kicked to Death by the Water Horse", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist role: Author
Artist nationality: Iranian
Date: ca. 1300–30
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
                 W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Page: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
           W. 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Attributed to    Northwestern Iran or Baghdad  
Credit line: Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Men|Fish|Horses|Death