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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Rustan, Dying, Drives an Arrow through his Faithless Brother, Shagard
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Rustan, Dying, Drives an Arrow through his Faithless Brother, Shagard

Artist Unknown
CultureIndian
Date17th century
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsOverall: 6 13/16 x 9 1/8 in. (17.3 x 23.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number58.27.1
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DescriptionOpaque watercolor miniature depicting "Rustan, dying, drives an arrow through his faithless brother, Shagard". From the same manuscript as 58.27.15, a Shah Namah. Bordered by Persian gold flowers with ink outlines.

Exhibition HistoryExhibited Norfolk Museum, Gallery "H", February 1958; also exhibited College of Wooster Museum, Wooster, Ohio, April 5-27, 1970.