The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 29, no. 8 (April, 1971)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 29, no. 8 (April, 1971)

Cooper, Douglas, Arnold Lehman, and Stuart C. Welch
1971
33 pages
8 x 9.75 in
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"78 Pictures from a World of Kings, Heroes, and Demons: The Houghton Shah-nameh"
Stuart C. Welch

"The Temperament of Juan Gris"
Douglas Cooper

"New York Skyscrapers: The Jazz Modern Neo-American Beautilitarian Style"
Arnold Lehman

"Recent Accessions"

"Firdausi's Parable of the Ship of Shi'ism", Folio 18v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Painting attributed to Mirza 'Ali
ca. 1530–35
"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Painting attributed to Sultan Muhammad
ca. 1524
"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Painting attributed to Sultan Muhammad
ca. 1525
"Kai Khusrau's War Prizes Are Pledged", Folio 225v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Painting attributed to Aqa Mirak
ca. 1530
"The Besotted Iranian Camp Attacked by Night", Folio 241r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Painting attributed to Qadimi
ca. 1525–30
"The Coup against Usurper Shah", Folio 745v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Painting attributed to Dust Muhammad
ca. 1530–35
"Bahram Chubina Slays the Lion-Ape", Folio 715v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1530–35
"The Assassination of Khusrau Parviz", Folio 742v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Painting attributed to 'Abd al-Samad
ca. 1535
The Mourning Virgin, Lindenwood, polychromed and gilded, German
German
early 18th century
Gentleman’s secretary, Nehemiah Adams  American, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood with white pine, American
Attributed to Nehemiah Adams
1800–1810
Helmet Mask: Snakes, Wood, kaolin, Bamileke peoples
Bamileke peoples
19th century
No. 16, Mark Rothko  American, born former Russian Empire, now Latvia, Oil on canvas
Mark Rothko
1960