Drawing of Sasanian rock relief: Shapur I (r. A.D. 241-272) and Roman
A pen-and-ink line drawing shows a crowned, bearded rider on a horse at center right, facing a second mounted figure in a patterned cap at upper left. A kneeling figure in long robes lies at lower left, one hand raised toward the horse. The horse's bridle and saddle are finely detailed, and the figure at right edge looks on. The plain paper ground and clean linework suggest a copy of carved relief.
Look closer: A small figure peeks in at the far right edge, partly cut by the frame.
- Artist
- Lutf-'Ali Shirazi
- Date
- A.H. 1226/1812 CE
- Medium
- Paper, ink
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 1920 × 1280 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1812).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Sassan Mokhtarzadeh, 1998