Iran/Persia: 'The Court of Kayumars'. Detail from a folio from the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp by Sultan Muhammad (c. 1470s-1555), c. 1522-1525. Gayumarth (sometimes Gayumars), first Shah of Iran, is enthroned among his courtiers clad in leopard skins at the opening of the Shahnama-yi Shahi (The King's Book of Kings). This miniature was probably painted by the court painter Sultan Mohammed, and is considered by some to be the most beautiful image in all Persian art. The picture was painted at the request of Shah Tahmasp.

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