may 11, 1522 - The Court of Gayumars
Description:
folio from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnamaink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Sultan Muhammad
*this specific manuscript started at the beginning of the 16th century for the 1st Safavid dynastic ruler Shah Ismail, but was completed during his son's, Shah Tahmasp's, rule
Persian, Mongols???
multiple points of perspective
similarities to chinese art, stylistic, motifs (clouds)
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Date:
may 11, 1522
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~ 503 years ago