Sadiqi Bek / Aulad Tied to a Tree (?): Illustration from the Shahnama of Firdausi / 1575-1600

Sadiqi Bek
Aulad Tied to a Tree (?): Illustration from the Shahnama of Firdausi
1575-1600
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Creator Name: Bek, Sadiqi
Creator Nationality: Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1533 - 1609
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Sadiqi Bek
Title: Aulad Tied to a Tree (?): Illustration from the Shahnama of Firdausi
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1575
Creation End Date: 1600
Creation Date: 1575-1600
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: opaque watercoler, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 33.5cm x 23.5cm
Inscriptions: Signed in script by the artist.
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1988.101
Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: Because this painting was cut from its manuscript with no accompanying text, we cannot yet identify with certainty the episode illustrated. It probably depicts Aulad, who guided the hero Rustam through the treacherous land of Mazandaran. Because he didnot entirely trust Aulad, Rustam tied him to a tree during stops on the journey (see CMA 1988.96).On the rock to the lower left of Aulad, the signature of the artist, Sadiqi Bek, can be seen in tiny script. Sadiqi Beq was a painter and poet at the Safavid court.Manuscript PaintingsThese paintings are believed to be illustrations from two different manuscripts of the Shahnama (Book of Kings). This great epic tells the story of Iran and the Iranian people from the beginning of time up to the Islamic conquest of the 640s. The Shahnama was completed by the poet Firdausi around 1010, and its 60,000 verses trace the fortunes of heroes and kings, lovers and enemies. Since one of its recurrent themes is the legitimate right to rule, it was common for many newly-crowned rulers of Iran to commission a copy of the Shahnama. These two paintings were produced by Iranian artists during the reign of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722).
AMICA ID: CMA_.1988.101
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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