Movement
Persian Miniature
Persian Miniature is an art movement. The gallery holds 47 works in this movement, including works by Reza `Abbasi, 'Aliquli Jabbadar and Sadiqi Beg.
small Persian painting on paper
Key artists
Works
The Lovers
Rustam Takes Aim at Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings)
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020) (verso)
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (verso)
A marbled picture of Rustam catching Rakhsh
An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591)
The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has imprisoned Zuhra. He rides on a magic horse prepared by the second suitor and is led to the spot by the divining prowess of the first, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fo
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626)
Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020), (recto)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (recto)
The Witch Anqarut ties Malik Iraj to a tree
Double Title Page of a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Right-Hand Page from the Qur'an
Zal and Rudaba in a Palace, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Khusrau Gazing at Shirin, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami
Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami
Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama
Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
The Wedding Night of Anushirvan and the Khaqan's Daughter (from a copy of Firdausi's Shahnama)
The Constellation Leo, folio probably from the Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars)
Royal Horse Inspection
The Lion Tamer
Rustam and the Simurgh
Lady with a Mirror
Officer of the Guards
Rustam and the Simurgh
Fainted Laila and Majnun-Based on the Khamsa of Persian poet Nizami
Calligraphy Painting
Convivial Party (1)
Convivial Party (2)
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020) (verso)
Scenă din epopeea Shah Name
Untitled
'Sa'di's tomb at Shiraz'
Untitled
Imam 'Ali
Nuori ruhtinas seurueineen maisemassa, persialainen miniatyyri
King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami
Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami