"Siyavush Recounts His Nightmare to Farangis", Folio 195r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian
 Painting attributed to Qadimi Iranian
 Workshop director Mir Musavvir Iranian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 462

Siyavush, a Persian prince, awoke one night from a horrible nightmare. The dream, which proved to be prophetic, showed the destruction of his kingdom and foreshadowed the end of his life. Attributed to Qadimi and Mir Musavvir, the second supervisor of the Shahnama project, this folio combines the spatial logic of the Herat style with the elongated figures typical of Safavid painting under Shah Isma'il.

"Siyavush Recounts His Nightmare to Farangis", Folio 195r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus), Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper

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