Title: "Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1330–40
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
                W. 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)
Page: H. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
          W. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
Geography: Attributed to probably Isfahan   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Poetry, term: Men, term: Horses