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"Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · 935–1020

Maximum print size

22.9 × 33.8 cm · 9.0 × 13.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,695 × 4,000 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
22.9 × 33.8 cm · 9.0 × 13.3 in
Mat border, sides
8.9 cm · 3.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom
8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
ca. 1330–40
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Type
Codices
Orientation
portrait
Subjects
Animals, Horses, Men, Poetry
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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