Title: "Rustam Discoursing with Isfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting with Text Block: H.11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
                                            W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Page: H.14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm)
           W. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929
Geography: Made in Shiraz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Kings, term: Men