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Gilded wood figure of the Goddess Isis seated on a throne.

Seated Figure of the Goddess Isis

Egyptian

The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, volume 1

The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, volume 1

Various Artists

Bird Cup (skyphos)

Bird Cup (skyphos)

Greek

Jug with Bird

Jug with Bird

Cypriot

Praise for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Praise for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Story of Piran Convincing Siyavush to Take Farangis as his Wife (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Story of Piran Convincing Siyavush to Take Farangis as his Wife (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, volume 1

The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, volume 1

Various Artists

X-radiograph(s) of "Portrait of Velazquez (copy)"

X-radiograph(s) of "Portrait of Velazquez (copy)", 1599 - 1660

Artist of original: Diego Rodriguez Velázquez

Reclining Woman

Reclining Woman

Parthian

Two nude men run with swords toward a third man.

Bell Krater (bowl for mixing wine and water): Torch Race

Manner of Peleus Painter

A flute player plays while another figure dances and others look on.

Calyx Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Exotic Dancer, active 4th century BCE

Attributed to The Nikias Painter

An ink drawing of a woman holding a goblet to her mouth.

Isolde, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Figures march single file and play musical instruments

Calyx Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Return of Hephaistos to Olympos

Attributed to The Kleophrades Painter

Water view of a city on the horizon and a dramatic sunset with clouds.

The Storm-- Sunset, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

A ceramic jug with a woodcut of a chained black man.

Abolition Jug

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

Zulaykha Sees Potiphar from the Opening of Her Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 41); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Zulaykha Sees Potiphar from the Opening of Her Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 41); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Yusuf’s Brothers Plead to Take Their Youngest Brother Home (text recto; painting verso of folio 50); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Yusuf’s Brothers Plead to Take Their Youngest Brother Home (text recto; painting verso of folio 50); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (abstract sketch with color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (abstract sketch with color transfer, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (portrait of female figure (Chloe), right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (portrait of female figure (Chloe), right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

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