Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Unknown Artist
c. 1610
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
painting only: 5.8 × 7 cm · page: 20.5 × 12.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Accession Number
2013.283
About this artwork
Trappings of Byzantine brocade were gifts to the hero who slays the wild boars.