1600 (ca.), Habiballah of Sava, The Concourse of the Birds -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: The poetic text of 'Attar's Mantiq al-tair comprises a series of parables narrated by the hoopoe bird, who leads a gathering of other birds on a difficult journey to find the mythic Simurgh. Perhaps the best-known image from the manuscript, this page illustrates the small, crested hoopoe addressing his companions before their departure. The charming painting is one of four added to the original manuscript in the early seventeenth century at the court of Shah 'Abbas (r. 1587-1629), and is signed by the painter Habiballah.
1600 (ca.), Habiballah of Sava, The Concourse of the Birds -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: The poetic text of 'Attar's Mantiq al-tair comprises a series of parables narrated by the hoopoe bird, who leads a gathering of other birds on a difficult journey to find the mythic Simurgh. Perhaps the best-known image from the manuscript, this page illustrates the small, crested hoopoe addressing his companions before their departure. The charming painting is one of four added to the original manuscript in the early seventeenth century at the court of Shah 'Abbas (r. 1587-1629), and is signed by the painter Habiballah.