Title: "Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1530
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: 
                H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
                W. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm)
Page:  
                H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm)
                W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Mat: 
                H. 22 in. (55.9 cm)
                W. 16 in.  (40.6 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Geography: Made in Tabriz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Dragons, term: Horses, term: Carriages