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Alexander Comforts the Dying Darius, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Iran
- Date
- Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), c.1480/90
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
- Culture
- Iran
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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