Khusraw and Shirin with Courtiers and Pomegranates (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Khusraw and Shirin) by Nizami
Persian
Blossoming Branch of an Old, Weathered Plum Tree
Korean
Illustrated Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz, 16th century
Binding attributed to Sultan Muhammad
Krishna Sporting with the Cowherds (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Indian
Vivien and Merlin, 1815 - 1879
Julia Margaret Cameron
Three Studies of a Child and One of a Woman, 1606 - 1669
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Virgin and Child
Unidentified Artist
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Unidentified Artist
Buddhist Temples amid Autumn Mountains, 1896 - 1963
Pu Ru (Pu Xinyu) 溥儒 (溥心畬)
“Manua”, folio from the album Fishes of India
Indian
Majnun visited by his father in the desert (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Layla and Majnun by Nizami
Persian
Kylix (drinking cup): Preparation for the Hoplitodromos (Armed Race), active 500-480 BCE
Attributed to Onesimos
The Dead Christ between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, 1430/35 - before 1495
Carlo Crivelli
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), 1832 - 1883
Attributed to Edouard Manet
René De Gas, Convalescent, 1834 - 1917
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
Alle Porte del Dolo, 1697 - 1768
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Tale of the Rat (Nezumi zōshi emaki), active c. 1469-1522