'Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (20.6 x 13.4 cm), Codices, The painting, showing Isfandiyar about to kill a dragon with bow and arrow in a conventional man-against-beast pose, depicts the last part of this episode in which the hero first weakens the animal with swords sticking out of a carriage he had built
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Isfandiyar, Third Course, Slays, Dragon, Folio, Shahnama, Book, Kings, ca, 1330–40, Attributed, Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, silver, paper, Page, 8 1/8 x 5 1/4, 20.6 13.4 cm, Codices, painting, showing Isfandiyar, kill, dragon, bow, arrow, conventional man, beast pose, depicts, last part, episode, hero first, weakens, animal, swords sticking, out, carriage, built
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