"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Item
Title
"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Description
This is a painting from the manuscript that shows a parable told by the hoope in the manuscript. In the illustration, a man is prideful of his excessively long beard, which leads to his death by drowning. The lesson behind this painting is that greed towards a material object will lead to someone's own ruining.
Creator
Calligrapher: Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Author: Farid al-Din ` Attar
Author: Farid al-Din ` Attar
Temporal Coverage
Approximately 1487 CE
Spatial Coverage
Made in Herat, present-day Afghanistan
Type
Manuscript
Date Created
Approximately 1487 CE
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor
Marina Marotto
Rights
Fletcher Fund, 1963
