Hand Cup in the Form of a Chimera with a Book on its Back, the Chimera Emerging from Waves
Chinese
The Shepherdess and the Sheep, 1620 - 1683
Nicolaes Berchem the Elder
Gudarz Slays Piran, Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi
Indian
Livius, Book XXI, Chapter 33, from the portfolio "Hannibal's March over the Alps", 1816 - 1859
Alfred Rethel
Livius, Book XXI, Chapter 35, from the portfolio "Hannibal's March over the Alps", 1816 - 1859
Alfred Rethel
Livius, Book XXI, Chapter 33, from the portfolio "Hannibal's March over the Alps", 1816 - 1859
Alfred Rethel
Livius, Book XXI, Chapter 32, from the portfolio "Hannibal's March over the Alps", 1816 - 1859
Alfred Rethel
Livius, Book XXI, Chapter 35, from the portfolio "Hannibal's March over the Alps", 1816 - 1859
Alfred Rethel
A Landscape with Aeneas Shooting Deer (as related in the first Book of Virgil's Aeneid), 1743 - 1822
Richard Earlom
Study for Daniel's Robe, for "Belshazzar's Feast"; verso: Woman Reading a Book, 1779 - 1843
Washington Allston
Untitled (girl in corsage seated in armchair, holding book on lap, smiling), active 1940s
John Deusing
Untitled (girl seated in white dress and veil, holding religious book), active 1940s
John Deusing
Untitled (young brother and sister in doorway holding hands and holding books), 1900 - 1988
Paul Gittings
Untitled (three women sitting on floor and chatting while holding book), 20th century
Martin Schweig
Untitled (young woman sitting in infirmary bed with book and icepack on head), 20th century
Martin Schweig
The Second Book of Ancient Rome by the same Author and Sculptor, Giacomo Lauro, active Rome, 1584 - 1637
Giacomo Lauro
Folding Book of Calligraphy and Sketches (Kaisei onna shosokuorai, Vol. 13)
Japanese
Printed Collection of Four Books on Zen Buddhism (Shiburoku), 1 vol.
Japanese
Napoléon's Coronation at Paris, 1749 - 1826
Reverse designed by Romain Vincent Jeuffroy
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes and sketches for exhibition in Essen, Germany, right page), 1928 - 2014
Otto Piene