Keywords: Bizhan Shahnameh Met 1970.301.42 n01.jpg Bizhan receives an invitation through Manizheh's nurse folio from the Shahnameh Book of Kings of Shah Tahmasp Bijan reçoit une invitation par l'intermédiaire de la nourrice de Manijeh folio d'un manuscrit du Shahnameh Livre des rois de Shah Tahmasp ca 1525 1530 ink watercolor opaque silver gold paper cm 47 5 27 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art Department of Islamic Art gallery 203 140009526 object history From Tabriz Iran Provenance Tabriz Iran credit line artwork-provenanceorcl gift Arthur A Houghton Jr 1970 accession number 1970 301 42 Marie-Lan Nguyen 2011 PD-old-100 other versions Shah Tahmasp's Shahnameh Islamic manuscripts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Human figuration in Islamic art |