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A long rectangular tapestry-woven textile fragment with a purple border, yellow ground, and red design depicting dancing human shapes, fish, plants, and birds.

Tunic Band: Dancers in a Nile Landscape

Byzantine

Covered spherical jar

Covered spherical jar

Chinese

Rajput Chief on Horseback

Rajput Chief on Horseback

Indian

Pen Box with Erotic Scenes in Medallions on Floral Ground

Pen Box with Erotic Scenes in Medallions on Floral Ground

Muhammad `Ali

Manuscript of Du'a-yi Davazdah Imam (The Prayer of Twelve Imams) by Khwaja Nasir al-Din Tusi, and other prayers

Manuscript of Du'a-yi Davazdah Imam (The Prayer of Twelve Imams) by Khwaja Nasir al-Din Tusi, and other prayers

Persian

A waterfall cascades into a river between two large rock cliff formations with bright green trees springing from them.

Fawn's Leap, Catskills, New York, 1812 - 1879

John William Hill

Painted portrait of a fair skinned older lady smiling, with a small terrier dog in her lap.

Eugénie Graff (Madame Paul), 1840 - 1926

Claude Monet

A woman holds a baby, who touches her right breast.

The Virgin and Child, 1420 - 1475

Workshop of Dieric Bouts

Portrait of young woman in white gown

Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

An atmospheric night scene features undefined figures and buildings receding into the shadows.

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Gardens, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

A woman holds a baby in front of a background of buildings.

The Virgin and Child, 1444/45 - 1510

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi)

Two wooden panels depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ on the Cross

The Virgin and Child Enthroned; Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, active c. 1350

Master of Offida

A woman holds a seated child. They are painted in a striking, highly lined style.

The Virgin and Child, active c. 1260 - c. 1285

Master of the Saints Cosmos and Damian Madonna

A robed figure with a long flowing beard makes a gesture of blessing over two kneeling figures

"I have heard thee with the hearing of the Ear,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Frontispiece of a book showing a woman in an evening gown singing

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A man stands near the center, handcuffed, robe tied across his bare chest, looking upper right, wearing crown of thorns.

Christ before Pilate: Large Plate, 1606 - 1669

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A woman holds a bouquet of lilies. Below her are three young girls and a smaller, separate image of a reclining man.

The Blessed Damozel, 1828 - 1882

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Painted, gilded wooden statue of woman with crown holding baby

The Virgin and Child

Unidentified Artist

A seated Japanese woman dressed in kimono layers looks left over her shoulder at the silver moon in upper left.

Moon Viewing, 1790 - 1848

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

An opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated woman on a blanket with pillows holding a long, narrow instrument in her arms and four women around her. There are bushes of red flowers along the bottom and a field of pink lotuses and green lily pads behind them. The image is framed by a curved, light brown frame and pale colored paper around that.

Chitrini Nayika, page from a Rasikapriya (Handbook for Poetry Connoisseurs)

Indian

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