The painter whose painting was refused - Sir, don't you find this painting horrible..., and do you understand that the jury has accepted one just as bad?... The gentleman - But I think the person who did it is very talented! It's charming! The painter - I see this gentleman is a friend of the painter, he would even have posed for the painting, 1808-1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Perseus, after Canova, 1856 - 1925
John Singer Sargent
The Matterhorn, 1856 - 1925
John Singer Sargent
The Duet, 1859 - 1935
Childe Hassam
Sphinx
Greek
Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1697 - 1768
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Timur Celebrates His Conquest of Delhi (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi
Persian
Kay Khusraw Reviews His Troops (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Humay in the Golden Fortress (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 63 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani
Persian
Humay at the Castle of Humayun (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 96 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani
Persian
Humayun Fights with Humay (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani
Persian
Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 19, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami
Ottoman
Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 21, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami
Ottoman
Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 10, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami
Ottoman
Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 11, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami
Ottoman
Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 12, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami
Ottoman
Folio 14 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: vendor and hat maker (recto); Blank page (verso)
Persian
Folio 15 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: tailor and man with washboard (recto); Blank page (verso)
Persian
Folio 25 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two sheets: seated boy; seated cleric (recto); Blank page (verso)
Persian
Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 18, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami
Ottoman