Publication Date
date of order: 08/12/1981
Publication Place
Iran (Iranian World - Caucasus) -
Etat
Subject
Material: Canvas|Material/Technique: Oil on canvas - DAI inventory book: Large rectangular canvas representing scenes from popular Iranian Shiite imagery. In the center, monumental in size, Abbas, Hussein's half-brother, slays an enemy. On the left also in monumental size Hussein holding his dying son in his arms. The rest of the very numerous and abundant representations are on a much smaller scale. Among these, in the lower left corner Hussein on his horse pierced with arrows with at his feet the lion linked to the legend of the King of India Sultan Kais; on the right horn of Emir Mokhtar who was to punish the assassins of Hussein and in the lower corner Leviathans|
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Hauteur : 154 cm ; Largeur : 300 cm
Library
Musee du Louvre
Library Asset ID
5800
Record ID
cl010321376
Library Location
not exposed
Date
3rd quarter of the 20th century (around 1950 - 1970)
Notes
purchase
Sample Text
DAI inventory book: Large rectangular canvas representing scenes from popular Iranian Shiite imagery. In the center, monumental in size, Abbas, Hussein's half-brother, slays an enemy. On the left also in monumental size Hussein holding his dying son in his arms. The rest of the very numerous and abundant representations are on a much smaller scale. Among these, in the lower left corner Hussein on his horse pierced with arrows with at his feet the lion linked to the legend of the King of India Sultan Kais; on the right horn of Emir Mokhtar who was to punish the assassins of Hussein and in the lower corner Leviathans|
