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Book XXX.25.  Ambassadors to Carthage receieve two triremes for their return {Tertiae Decadis Liber Decimus p. CLXXIX}

Book XXX.25. Ambassadors to Carthage receieve two triremes for their return {Tertiae Decadis Liber Decimus p. CLXXIX}

Anonymous Germany

Book III.66.  Qumtius Capitolinus summoning people for assembly {Primae Decadis Liber Tertius p. XXXII verso}

Book III.66. Qumtius Capitolinus summoning people for assembly {Primae Decadis Liber Tertius p. XXXII verso}

Anonymous Germany

Book V.34.  Bellovesus sets off to make new settlements {Primae Decadis Liber Quintus p. L}

Book V.34. Bellovesus sets off to make new settlements {Primae Decadis Liber Quintus p. L}

Anonymous Germany

Book X.44.  Carvilius bestown on his men commendations and presents {Primae Decadis Liber Decimus p. XCI}

Book X.44. Carvilius bestown on his men commendations and presents {Primae Decadis Liber Decimus p. XCI}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

Book IV.44.  Postumia is charged and freed from breach of chasitity {Primae Decadis Liber Quartus p. XL}

Book IV.44. Postumia is charged and freed from breach of chasitity {Primae Decadis Liber Quartus p. XL}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

Book XXVIII.9.  Marcus Livinius and Caius Claudius return to Rome {Tertiae Decadis Liber Octavus p. CLX}

Book XXVIII.9. Marcus Livinius and Caius Claudius return to Rome {Tertiae Decadis Liber Octavus p. CLX}

Anonymous Germany

Book XXXVII.46.  Damocritus, the Aetolian general, kills himself {Quarte Decadis Liber Septimus p. CCXXVI verso}

Book XXXVII.46. Damocritus, the Aetolian general, kills himself {Quarte Decadis Liber Septimus p. CCXXVI verso}

Anonymous Germany

Book XXXII.27.  Ambassadors from King Attalus make an offering {Quarte Decadis Liber Secundus p. CXCV}

Book XXXII.27. Ambassadors from King Attalus make an offering {Quarte Decadis Liber Secundus p. CXCV}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

Book XXVI.14-16.  Attention of the Senate given to business at Capua {Tertiae Decadis Liber Sextus p. CXLV}

Book XXVI.14-16. Attention of the Senate given to business at Capua {Tertiae Decadis Liber Sextus p. CXLV}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

An elderly man draped in red cloth, holding a skull.

Saint Jerome, 1591 - 1652

Jusepe de Ribera

Man in friar’s habit with meat cleaver in skull

Friar Angelo Ferretti as Saint Peter Martyr, 1480 - 1556/1557

Lorenzo Lotto

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 1755 - 1828

Gilbert Stuart

Book XXIII.44-45.  Battle of Nola {Tertiae Decadis Liber Tertius p. CXX};  Same woodcut used for Book XXV.20.  Romans trick people of Tower of Galeaga to receive Damippus {Tertiae Decadis Liber Quintus p. CXXXIV verso}

Book XXIII.44-45. Battle of Nola {Tertiae Decadis Liber Tertius p. CXX}; Same woodcut used for Book XXV.20. Romans trick people of Tower of Galeaga to receive Damippus {Tertiae Decadis Liber Quintus p. CXXXIV verso}

Anonymous Germany

Illuminated title page: opening verses of the Shahnama, folio from a manuscript of the Shanama by Firdawsi

Illuminated title page: opening verses of the Shahnama, folio from a manuscript of the Shanama by Firdawsi

Persian

Iskandar's Iron Cavalry Battles King Fur of Hind (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Iskandar's Iron Cavalry Battles King Fur of Hind (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Persian

Foliate Moresque with a Circular Void in Its Center

Foliate Moresque with a Circular Void in Its Center, 1672 - 1730

Étienne-Joseph Daudet

Three Foliate Scrolling Friezes, the Upper One Centered by a Female Mask, a Lion to Its Right

Three Foliate Scrolling Friezes, the Upper One Centered by a Female Mask, a Lion to Its Right, 1623 - 1710

Paul Androuet Du Cerceau

Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Persian

Rustam's Brother and Son Kill Isfandiyar's Sons (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Rustam's Brother and Son Kill Isfandiyar's Sons (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Persian

Large Covered Ovoid Jar with Four Ogival Panels Featuring One Landscape, Two Scenes of Flowers and Rocks, and One Scene of Books and Collected Antiquities

Large Covered Ovoid Jar with Four Ogival Panels Featuring One Landscape, Two Scenes of Flowers and Rocks, and One Scene of Books and Collected Antiquities

Chinese

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