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The Good Argument

The Good Argument, 1808-1879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Two Illustrations from the “Gulistan” of Sa’di (mounted together): Judgement of a Prisoner (above), and A Liar Exposed at Court (below)

Two Illustrations from the “Gulistan” of Sa’di (mounted together): Judgement of a Prisoner (above), and A Liar Exposed at Court (below)

Attributed to Manohar

An opaque watercolor painting depicting one woman sitting wrapped in a cloth surrounded by a building’s walls, and another hooded woman looking at her through a large window. The sitting woman has a small hookah, a thin guitar, and some pillows on the ground next to her. The image is framed by two thin frames.

A Nayika Awaits her Lover on a Winter Night

Indian

Hydria-Kalpis (water jar): Women and Herons

Hydria-Kalpis (water jar): Women and Herons

The Painter of the Yale Oinochoe

Reclining Woman

Reclining Woman

Indian

Manuscript of the Divan of Sa’di, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Divan of Sa’di, with lacquer binding

Mahmud Muzahhib-bashi

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

Blue Coat with Floral Motifs

Blue Coat with Floral Motifs

Persian

First Meeting of Rama and Lakshmana with Hanuman, from a Ramayana

First Meeting of Rama and Lakshmana with Hanuman, from a Ramayana

Indian

Study for the Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses

Study for the Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, 1791 - 1824

Théodore Géricault

An aristocratic woman whips a young man kneeling with his back exposed.

Earl Lavender, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Backways near Tintagel, Cornwall

Backways near Tintagel, Cornwall, 1805 - 1881

Samuel Palmer

A Mughal and a Rajput Converse at Dusk

A Mughal and a Rajput Converse at Dusk, 16th century

Attributed to Basawan

Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898)

Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), 1840 - 1917

Auguste Rodin

Royal Escutcheon of France

Royal Escutcheon of France, 1730 - 1809

Augustin Pajou

View from the Brühl Terrace toward the Hofkirche and the Augustus Bridge, Dresden

View from the Brühl Terrace toward the Hofkirche and the Augustus Bridge, Dresden, 1803 - 1884

Adrian Ludwig Richter

Elephant of Africa

Elephant of Africa, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

Man with a Pipe

Man with a Pipe, 1881 - 1973

Pablo Ruiz Picasso

A shoreline landscape with a large rock in the center that occupies most of the image.

Rocks by the Water, 1840 - 1930

Charles Herbert Moore

Drawing of a six-petaled anemone flower in color right, with an unfinished graphite sketch of its stem on the left.

Anemone, 1843 - 1917

Henry Roderick Newman

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