Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tahmineh Visits Rustam
Iran
- Date
- c. 1440–1445
- Medium
- Ink, colors, and gold on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
This painting depicts a romantic scene from the life of Rustam, the Persian hero of the Shah Nama , or Book of Kings . Here Tahmineh, daughter of the King of Turan, visits Rustam at night. The verse reads in part: Towards the unconscious warrior's pillow stepped a slave with perfumed candle, while behind her came a creature lovely as the moon, radiant as the sun, and fragrant in her beauty. Although suggestive touches like this occur throughout the Shah Nama , the romantic adventures are didactic in nature and subordinate to the greater struggle of the good heroes against the forces of darkness. Iran, Asia
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