Rustam Kills The White Div Rug

In the persian epic of shahnameh div e sepid persian.

Rustam kills the white div rug.

Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper. دیو سپید lit. Rustam kills the white div devil the great sages mourn the death of iskandar. Completing this last of seven trials rustam uses the white div s blood to cure the iranian king kay kavus of his blindness.

While the mughal prvenance is obvious i have to note the cave the blue bacground rocks and the gold sky with the two tone cloud swirls. He kills the white dîv the new york public library digital collections. Sam goes to fight mihrab. White demon is the chieftain of the divs demons of mazandaran he is a huge being.

Iskandar kills the abyssinian monster. In the shahnameh rostam and his. In this magnificent refined work of a painter of the safavid court in iran the warrior hero rustam completes his last of seven herculean labors that established his prowess as a matchless hero. Nearby is rustam s horse.

Walters art museum 1931 by bequest. Rustam slaying the white div outside a cave. He possesses great physical strength and is skilled in sorcery and necromancy he destroys the army of kay kavus by conjuring a dark storm of hail boulders and tree trunks using his magical skills. رستم is a legendary hero in persian mythology the son of zāl and rudaba whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th century persian poet ferdowsi in the shahnameh or epic of kings which contains pre islamic iranian folklore and history.

The legendary hero rustam identified by his tiger skin clothing kills the savage chief of the demons the white div in an immense cave as other demons watch from above. Rustam kills the white div folio from a shahnama book of kings author. The mobads question hurmuzd and receive answers. He kills the white div folio 124 from a shah nama book of kings of firdausi persian about 934 1020 cleveland.

Provenance henry walters baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown. The artist was obviously drawing on a shiraz inspiration. Description on this folio from walters manuscript w 602 rustam kills the white div the seventh feat. However the roots of the narrative date much earlier to the seventh century.

Attributed to northwestern iran or baghdad. Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of firdausi s shahnama mughal late 16th century note. Spencer collection the new york public library. Abu l qasim firdausi iranian 935 1020 date.