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Grotesque with the Scene of Two Warriors Confronting Four Men, Music Making Figures Below

Grotesque with the Scene of Two Warriors Confronting Four Men, Music Making Figures Below, c. 1505 - c. 1586

Jacques Androuet du Cerceau

Walse Favorite au Rhin pour le Piano-Forté (Cover of Sheet Music)

Walse Favorite au Rhin pour le Piano-Forté (Cover of Sheet Music)

Unidentified Artist

Untitled (note, left page); Untitled (female figures cleaning while listening to music, right page)

Untitled (note, left page); Untitled (female figures cleaning while listening to music, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Hindola Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Hindola Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Devagandhari Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Devagandhari Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

A woman plays a stringed instrument while surrounded by apples, flowers, greenery, and a dove.

A Sea-Spell, 1828 - 1882

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

A nude woman reclines on the floor of an ornate room, while servants attend her

Odalisque, Enslaved Woman, and Eunuch, 1780 - 1867

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Neptune Calming the Tempest

Neptune Calming the Tempest, 1577 - 1640

Peter Paul Rubens

Group of Female Musicians and Dancers

Group of Female Musicians and Dancers

Indian

Woman with Koto, Number Two (Sono ni) from the series Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)

Woman with Koto, Number Two (Sono ni) from the series Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku), 1786? - 1868

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Benzaiten, Goddess of Fortune and Music, Appearing to Taira no Kiyomori, with poems by Raikyūtei Kazutaka, Hina no ya Shunshi (or Haruko) and Yayoian Hinamaru

Benzaiten, Goddess of Fortune and Music, Appearing to Taira no Kiyomori, with poems by Raikyūtei Kazutaka, Hina no ya Shunshi (or Haruko) and Yayoian Hinamaru, 1780-1850

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Two Court Ladies with Musical Instruments, from the series Three Classical Arts of the Sugawara Circle (Sugawara sanseki)

Two Court Ladies with Musical Instruments, from the series Three Classical Arts of the Sugawara Circle (Sugawara sanseki), 1786? - 1868

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

An opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated figure blowing into a small, thin instrument with eight grey and white snakes slithering nearby. Behind them is a rocky landscape with trees. There is script writing above the image

Asavari Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Jai Kisan of Malpura

Asavari Ragini, illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) series

Asavari Ragini, illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) series

Indian

Saranga Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Saranga Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

A circular silver dish is decorated with scenes in the center and around the edges.

Tazza

Maker's Mark Cipher, apparently IB or SB

Kakhuba Ragini: Preparatory Drawing for a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Kakhuba Ragini: Preparatory Drawing for a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Krishna's Fluting Attracts the Animals

Krishna's Fluting Attracts the Animals

Indian

Two women on a balcony

Two women on a balcony

Indian

Dramatic portrait of a singing woman, in mid-note, raises her right hand wearing a long black glove.

Singer with a Glove, 1834 - 1917

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

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