Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirin’s Death
- Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: 29.8 x 19.6 cm (11 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.); Miniature: 28.6 x 17.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Rajput Kingdom of Jodhpur
About
A man’s lifeless body is being observed by a group of women. A kneeling woman with a halo and wearing fine garments is Shirin, the beloved of the dead man, Farhad. Farhad cut a canal of milk through a mountain pass as a proof of his love, but on hearing the false news of her demise, he jumped off the mountain and killed himself.