Cleveland Museum of Art
Siyavush on His Horse Hitting a Rolling Target (recto) and Persian verses (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
- Date
- late 1400s
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, silver, gold, and ink on paper
- Culture
- Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 122619
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
A prince from Iran’s early legendary history, Siyavush was sent by his father, the shah, to train under the great warrior Rustam in the arts of hunting, archery, and horseback riding. In this painting, Siyavush demonstrates his considerable skill by hitting the bulls eye on a rolling target from horseback. The gold sky, pastel ground with grassy tufts, and dense leafy riverbank are distinctive features of Persian painting during this period.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Heeramaneck Galleries
- Provenance
- ?–1942: Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1942–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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