'Siyavush Recounts His Nightmare to Farangis', Folio 195r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525–30, Made in Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm), Codices, Painting attributed to Qadimi (active ca. 1525–65), Siyavush, a Persian prince, awoke one night from a horrible nightmare. The dream, which proved to be prophetic, showed the destruction of his kingdom and foreshadowed the end of his life. Attributed to Qadimi and Mir Musavvir, the second supervisor of the Shahnama project, this folio combines the spatial logic of the Herat style with the elongated figures typical of Safavid painting under Shah Isma'il
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