Rustam Slaying the White Div

Name: Rustam Slaying the White Div
Author: Until 2008, private collection, Japan

İsim	Rustam Slaying the White Div
Yazar	Until 2008, private collection, Japan
Basım Tarihi:	Hegira 983-993 / AD 1575-85
Basım Yeri	Iran, Shiraz -
Konu	Safavid — Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Length: 42.4cm, Width: 28.2cm
Kütüphane:	Museum With No Frontiers
Demirbaş Numarası	2008.190.
Kayıt Numarası	EPM_sw_Mus21_11
Lokasyon	Museum Rietberg
Tarih	Hegira 983-993 / AD 1575-85
Notlar	Rustam is one of the most popular heroes of theShahnama, the Book of Kings. In it,Ferdausitells how Rustam must perform seven heroic deeds, the last of which is to kill the WhiteDivand cut his liver out of his body to heal the blindShahKai Kavus. Rustam receives help from his hostage Olad, whom Rustam has tied to a tree, revealing to Rustam the appropriate time to defeat the WhiteDiv.The iconography of the scene has remained more or less the same over the centuries, it is also one of the most frequently illustrated episodes from theShahnama.Several characteristic features of this page speak for its origin inShiraz. Attributes, such as the extension of the illustration beyond the type area, the nebulous outline of the lines of text in interspersed flowers on gold, as well as the inclusion of other figures not mentioned in the text, all strongly indicate that its provenance was theShirazSchool.In theSafavidperiod,Shirazcould already look back on a long tradition of painting. This creative cultural heritage was reinforced in the late 1560's by a commercial boom in manuscript production, resulting in illustrations visibly gaining in quality and converging with courtly painting in Qazvin andMashhad. The development of the Schiraz School specifically, which expanded so magnificently in the period from 1570 to 1590, is probably also connected with Prince Muhammad, who was governor ofShirazfrom 1572 to 1578 before ascending to the Persian throne as Ismaʿil II.
Örnek Metin	Acquisition with funds of the Rietberg Kreis — By comparison with similar works from Shiraz whose time of production could be established through historical facts and stylistic features. — Information obtained from previous owner was provided by the gallery where the object was sold in 2008.
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Axel LANGER
Seçili bibliyografya	Lale, Uluç, “Selling to the Court: Late Sixteenth-Century Manuscript Production in Shiraz”,Muqarnas, 17 (2000): 73-96.
Atölye	Shiraz

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Rustam Slaying the White Div

Yazar Until 2008, private collection, Japan

Basım Tarihi Hegira 983-993 / AD 1575-85

Basım Yeri Iran, Shiraz -

Konu Safavid — Opaque watercolour and gold on paper

Tür Kitap

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar Length: 42.4cm, Width: 28.2cm

Kütüphane Museum With No Frontiers

Demirbaş Numarası 2008.190.

Kayıt Numarası EPM_sw_Mus21_11

Lokasyon Museum Rietberg

Tarih Hegira 983-993 / AD 1575-85

Notlar Rustam is one of the most popular heroes of theShahnama, the Book of Kings. In it,Ferdausitells how Rustam must perform seven heroic deeds, the last of which is to kill the WhiteDivand cut his liver out of his body to heal the blindShahKai Kavus. Rustam receives help from his hostage Olad, whom Rustam has tied to a tree, revealing to Rustam the appropriate time to defeat the WhiteDiv.The iconography of the scene has remained more or less the same over the centuries, it is also one of the most frequently illustrated episodes from theShahnama.Several characteristic features of this page speak for its origin inShiraz. Attributes, such as the extension of the illustration beyond the type area, the nebulous outline of the lines of text in interspersed flowers on gold, as well as the inclusion of other figures not mentioned in the text, all strongly indicate that its provenance was theShirazSchool.In theSafavidperiod,Shirazcould already look back on a long tradition of painting. This creative cultural heritage was reinforced in the late 1560's by a commercial boom in manuscript production, resulting in illustrations visibly gaining in quality and converging with courtly painting in Qazvin andMashhad. The development of the Schiraz School specifically, which expanded so magnificently in the period from 1570 to 1590, is probably also connected with Prince Muhammad, who was governor ofShirazfrom 1572 to 1578 before ascending to the Persian throne as Ismaʿil II.

Örnek Metin Acquisition with funds of the Rietberg Kreis — By comparison with similar works from Shiraz whose time of production could be established through historical facts and stylistic features. — Information obtained from previous owner was provided by the gallery where the object was sold in 2008.

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Axel LANGER

Seçili bibliyografya Lale, Uluç, “Selling to the Court: Late Sixteenth-Century Manuscript Production in Shiraz”,Muqarnas, 17 (2000): 73-96.

Atölye Shiraz