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Album of Ornamental Detail: Drawings, Stencils and Photographs

Album of Ornamental Detail: Drawings, Stencils and Photographs, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Jejuri Mahoba Temple, Jejuri, Maharashtra, India

Jejuri Mahoba Temple, Jejuri, Maharashtra, India

Martin Brading

A limestone relief depicting the profile of a man with one leg up. He carries a small, four legged animal in his arms. He wears a shirt that goes down to his knees.

Relief Fragment: Attendant with Lamb

Achaemenid

A limestone relief depicting the profile of a man with one leg up. He carries a small bowl in each hand. He wears a shirt that goes down to his knees.

Relief Fragment: Attendant with Bowls

Achaemenid

A limestone relief depicting the profile of a man with a short, curled beard. He looks to the right and wears a headpiece that is made of many small rectangles pointing up.

Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer of the Royal Guard

Achaemenid

A limestone relief depicting the profile of a man’s head with a short, curled beard. He looks to the left and wears a headpiece that is made of many small rectangles pointing up.

Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer of the Royal Guard

Achaemenid

A limestone relief depicting the profile of a person with one leg up. They hold a round object in their hands. They wear a draped robe that covers their entire body and a wrap around their head and chin.

Relief Fragment: Attendant with Covered Bowl

Achaemenid

Sketchbook ("Spain"): Mural Studies for Boston Public Library and Museum of Fine Arts

Sketchbook ("Spain"): Mural Studies for Boston Public Library and Museum of Fine Arts, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Vasanta Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Vasanta Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Malik Shah Rustam in the Presence of Shah Isma'il, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Tarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il

Malik Shah Rustam in the Presence of Shah Isma'il, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Tarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il, 1635 - 1697

Mu‘in Musavvir

Soldiers at a Palace Entrance Gate

Soldiers at a Palace Entrance Gate

Indian

Nocturne: Furnace

Nocturne: Furnace, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Wall painting fragment

Wall painting fragment

Roman

An opaque watercolor painting depicting two figures sitting close together underneath the arch of a white, rectangular building. The figure on the right is blue-skinned and wears yellow pants while the figure on the left is pale with a red skirt and brown top. There is script writing above the image and the painting is framed with a red band that is decorated with blue and white flower motifs.

Dipak Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Attributed to Jai Kisan of Malpura

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Indian

The Arch of Janus (Janus Quadrifrons) with the Arch of the Moneychangers

The Arch of Janus (Janus Quadrifrons) with the Arch of the Moneychangers, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Neptune Calming the Tempest

Neptune Calming the Tempest, 1577 - 1640

Peter Paul Rubens

Malasri Ragini (painting, recto), from the Chunar Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Malasri Ragini (painting, recto), from the Chunar Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Front cover of "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah"

Front cover of "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah", born 1945

Anselm Kiefer

A series of small textile fragments depicting faces alternating with flowers on a dark background; the fragments are arranged to show how they would appear in relation to each other if the piece were intact.

Fragments of a Textile Hanging with Female Busts

Byzantine

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