Tahmineh Visits Rustam

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tahmineh Visits Rustam

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Date
c. 1440–1445
Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
1194

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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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Bequest of Mrs. Margaret McMillan Webber in memory of her mother, Katherine Kittredge McMillan

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