Accession of Sultan Selim II in Belgrade from Shahnama-i Selim Khan
1571–81
Object PlaceIstanbul, Turkey
Medium/TechniqueInk, color, gold, and silver on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 32.4 × 21.7 cm (12 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and by contribution
Accession number14.693
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
NOTES:
[1] Victor Goloubew was born in Russia but lived in Paris by the time of this acquisition. He formed this collection of Persian and Indian miniature paintings and exhibited it at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 1912 to 1914 (Paull, Florence Virginia. "The Goloubew Collection of Persian and Indian Paintings." Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. Vol. XIII. No. 74. (February 1915) 1-16).
second half of 16th century
Third quarter 16th century
9th–10th century
Recto early 16th century; verso about 1420–40; mounted in album about 1544–45
16th century
