Publication Date
983-993 AH / 1575-1585 AD
Publication Place
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Rietberg Museum
Subject
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper — Shiraz
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 42.4 سم ، العرض: 28.2 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
2008.190
Record ID
object;EPM;sw;Mus21;11;ar
Library Location
Rietberg Museum
Date
983-993 AH / 1575-1585 AD
Notes
Rostam is one of the most famous heroes of the Shahnameh, the Book of Kings. In it, Ferdowsi narrates how Rostam must perform seven heroic deeds, the last of which is killing the White Devil (the White Devil) and extracting his liver from his body to heal the blind Shah Kayqaws. Rostam receives help from the hostage Awlad, whom Rostam ties to a tree, revealing to Rostam the right time to defeat the White Dio. The iconography of the scene has remained more or less intact over the centuries, and it is also one of the most frequently depicted events from the Shahnameh. Many of the distinctive features of this page speak to its original manufacture in Shiraz. Features such as the extension of the pictogram beyond the writing area, and the blurry outlines of the text, suggest The scattered flowers of gold, in addition to the inclusion of other forms not mentioned in the text, all strongly prove that their source is the Shirazi school. In the Safavid era, Shiraz could look back to a long tradition of painting. This creative cultural heritage was strengthened in the late 1560s by a commercial boom in manuscript production, which clearly increased the quality of pictorial depictions and brought them closer to the court paintings of Qazvin and Mashhad. The development of the Shiraz School in particular, which expanded greatly in the period from 1570 to 1590, is also likely linked to Prince Muhammad, who was governor of Shiraz from 1572 to 1578 before his accession. The Persian throne in the name of Ismail II.
Sample Text
Axel Langer “Rustam Slaying the White Duo” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;sw;Mus21;11;ar
