"Isfandiyar's Fourth Course: He Slays a Sorceress", Folio 435v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

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Isfandiyar's Fourth Course: He Slays a Sorceress', Folio 435v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525–30, Made in Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 7 3/16 in. ( cm), Codices, Painting attributed to Qasim ibn 'Ali (active ca. 1525–60), The hero Isfandiyar performs a series of feats, or 'courses,' parallel to those of Rustam. In this scene, Isfandiyar has slain a sorceress, who lies bleeding in the foreground next to a mountain stream whose once-silver water has tarnished to black

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