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Krishna Swallows the Forest Fire (painting, recto), possibly an illustration from the Bhagavata Purana

Krishna Swallows the Forest Fire (painting, recto), possibly an illustration from the Bhagavata Purana

Indian

Histamenon of the Augusta Theodora Makrembolitissa

Histamenon of the Augusta Theodora Makrembolitissa, r. 830 - 856

Augusta Theodora

Portrait of the Poet Hafiz, folio from an album

Portrait of the Poet Hafiz, folio from an album

Ottoman

Black ink drawing depicts a robed woman grasping a severed head.

The Dancer's Reward, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Book III.12.  Trial of Caeso {Primae Decadis Liber Tertius p. XXVII verso}; Same woodcut used for XXXV.16.  Conference between Antiochus's minister and ambassadors from Rome {Quarte Decadis Liber Sextus p. CCXV}

Book III.12. Trial of Caeso {Primae Decadis Liber Tertius p. XXVII verso}; Same woodcut used for XXXV.16. Conference between Antiochus's minister and ambassadors from Rome {Quarte Decadis Liber Sextus p. CCXV}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

A nude male throws chains around a serpentine creature

The Angel Michael Binding Satan ("He Cast him into the Bottomless Pit, and Shut him up"), 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Lotus Sutra, Yakusōyu-bon (Hokke-kyō Yakusōyu-bon) Vol. 5

Lotus Sutra, Yakusōyu-bon (Hokke-kyō Yakusōyu-bon) Vol. 5

Japanese

Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Ohio. Dayton. National Cash Register Company: Welfare Institutions of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio.: Features Educational to Employes: Magazine Published by Century Club. Century Club Year Book. Monthly Magazine for Employes, Published by Company

Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Ohio. Dayton. National Cash Register Company: Welfare Institutions of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio.: Features Educational to Employes: Magazine Published by Century Club. Century Club Year Book. Monthly Magazine for Employes, Published by Company

Unidentified Artist

Three quarter length portrait of a woman in eighteenth century dress.

Sarah Morecock Boylston (Mrs. Thomas Boylston) (1696-1774), 1738 - 1815

John Singleton Copley

Sketchbook ("1880"): Figural Sketches

Sketchbook ("1880"): Figural Sketches, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

A Manuscript of Zad al-Ma'ad by 'Allamah Majlesi

A Manuscript of Zad al-Ma'ad by 'Allamah Majlesi

Persian

Epitrachelion

Epitrachelion

Unidentified Artist

Vishnu Saves Gajendra, the Elephant King, from the Crocodile Demon (painting, recto), illustration of the Gajendra Moksha (The Liberation of the Elephant King Gajendra) chapter from the Bhagavata Purana

Vishnu Saves Gajendra, the Elephant King, from the Crocodile Demon (painting, recto), illustration of the Gajendra Moksha (The Liberation of the Elephant King Gajendra) chapter from the Bhagavata Purana

Indian

A Bearded Man Leaning on a Crutch

A Bearded Man Leaning on a Crutch

Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad

Saint Ambrose

Saint Ambrose, c. 1555/1559 - 1604

Anton Wierix II

Dara Shikoh with Sages

Dara Shikoh with Sages, active mid-17th century

Attributed to Payag

Guanyin Sutra with an Illustrated Frontispiece (Guanshiyin pusa pumenpin jing)

Guanyin Sutra with an Illustrated Frontispiece (Guanshiyin pusa pumenpin jing)

Chinese

Krishna Subdues the Serpent King Kaliya (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Krishna Subdues the Serpent King Kaliya (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

First flyleaf (short note recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

First flyleaf (short note recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

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