The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for "Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar," Folio 404r from the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, text by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, painting attributed to 'Abd al-'Aziz, workshop director Aqa Mirak, Iran, Tabriz, circa 1525 to 1530. The museum's own title names Gushtasp as the folio's subject. Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970.
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PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452159
Source TypeMuseum
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The holding museum's own collection record for the accessioned Shahnama folio, whose own title names Gushtasp as the scene's subject, corroborated by the Aga Khan Museum's own account of the same episode. Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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