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Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Artist: Anonymous, Iranian, Shiraz School, Timurid School
Nationality: Iranian
Artist Dates: active 14th-15th century
Title: Talhand Confronts His Brother Gav on the Battlefield, from Firdawsi's Shah-nameh
Date: ca. 1460
Object Type: manuscript
Medium: gouache and gold leaf
Subjects: manuscript, Persian, illuminated, Shah-nameh, script, Arabic, men on horseback, battle, bows, arrows, swords, elephants, severed heads, soldiers
Holding Institution: The University of Michigan Museum of Art
Accession No.: 1963/1.72
Image Source: The University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Accession No.: PCD4160-2011-0905-63