Folio Painting Depicting the Scene of Mourning over the Death of Iskandar
Item
Title
Folio Painting Depicting the Scene of Mourning over the Death of Iskandar
Description
This manuscript folio, illustrated in The Great Mongol Shahnama, details the scene of mourning over the death of Iskandar (Alexander the Great), and is one of the five paintings in The Great Mongol Shahnama that depict a scene of mourning. The way in which the Islamic community experiences Iskandar’s death is depicted through the intense grief prominent throughout the painting, showing the widespread impact that his death had on the community.
Creator
Unknown
Temporal Coverage
ca. 1330s
Spatial Coverage
Tabriz, Iran
Type
Image
Date Created
Unknown
Source
https://asia.si.edu/object/F1938.3/
Contributor
Isaac Norten
Rights
Freer Gallery of Art
